UTHSC PA Program

Official Twitter account for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Physician Assistant Program

[UTHSC PA Program @UTHSCPAprogram]

This is UTHSC

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UTHSC PA Program Gets Spotlight as UT System President Randy Boyd Visits Memphis https://t.co/hYoytWIjds #EverywhereUT

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Did you know that the U.S. News & World Report ranked the profession of physician assistant as the Number 1 Best Job, Number 1 Best STEM Job, and Number 1 Best Health Care Job in 2021!?! Click below to learn more about @UTHSCPAprogram!
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Kara Caruthers, @UTHSCMedicine @UTHSCPAprogram associate professor, spoke to @NBCNewsHealth about a new report which details the effects of stress in America in 2020. Check out the interview below.
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The @uthsc @UTHSCMedicine PA Program Class of 2022 starts today! You all are ready and capable to embark on this journey to become PAs. Lets do this!

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@malahadzinica End of didactic and end of clinicals

[Janelle Bludorn @JanelleRBlu]

Wednesday 10/21 at 5:40pm.
Me & @Proflynch.
@PAEAonline's #PAEA20.

We'll talk about why we stan the #CBME & millennial ship.

Join us or have some serious FOMO.

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Attention UTHSC PA Graduates!!!!

We are updating our records and would love to know where and what you all are doing. Follow the below link to provide us with some practice information.

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@MsChristianW @UofMHealthSci @uthsc We will be on the lookout!

[Christian Whitworth @MsChristianW]

Today it truly hit me, I am graduating from @UofMHealthSci with my under grad and I will be applying to @uthsc this spring for a place in @UTHSCPAprogram for Spring 2022! It’s been a bumpy road but I’m thankful for those who pushed me & helped get my life back on the right path

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Answer: Trial of PPI

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In honor of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, this #JPAE article from faculty at the @Duke_FamMed PA program discusses how PA educators can effectively incorporate caring for LGBTQ+ patients into their curriculum.

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Thoughts?

#MondaysWithMaday #PAProfPearls #questionoftheday #PAschool #physicianassistant #physicianassistantstudent

Answer - Friday via JAMA

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Answer:

1) Thromboangiitis obliterans
2) Angiography
3) Corkscrew collaterals

#PAProfPearls #questionoftheday #PAschool #physicianassistant #physicianassistantstudent

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1) What is the most likely diagnosis?
2) What is the diagnostic study of choice?
3) What are the classic findings on the diagnostic study?

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Answer - Friday (Annals of EM)

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Answer: Perform a laboratory-based HbA1c test to determine the patient’s glycemic status.

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Thoughts?

#MondaysWithMaday #PAProfPearls #questionoftheday #PAschool #physicianassistant #physicianassistantstudent

Via: JAMA (answer Friday)

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Answer: ST depression in V1-V4 with a (+) terminal T-wave and large R-wave in V2 and V3, suggestive of posterior AMI.

Perform posterior leads V7-V9

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60yo woman presents to ED with acute onset of chest pain. EKG was performed. Troponin is pending.

1) What do you see?
2) What is the next step in diagnosis?

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By: NEJM (answer friday)

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Answer: Landolfi's Sign

Manifestation of wide pulse pressure and large stroke volume in the iridial vessels, which causes systolic constriction and diastolic dilation of the pupils.

Patient had aortic regurgitation with Stanford A aortic dissection

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How to read an EKG by @Cleavon_MD

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