Jordyn
Durkin,
PA-S
Student
MGH IHP
Jordyn is a second year PA student at MGH Institute of Health Professions where she was president of the class of 2020. She participated in the Crimson Care Collaborative as a Junior Clinician during her first year of PA school and has participated in 3 poster presentations during her graduate education.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background:
A student-faculty run clinic is an educational volunteer experience coordinated by students under the guidance of licensed faculty. This unique clinical environment provides a setting to link education to practice by giving direct patient care and gaining exposure to leadership, procedural skills and system-based practices(1). Current literature primarily focuses on the medical students’ education(2), but leaves a gap in the discussion of the effect on the experience of the physician assistant (PA) student.
Physician assistant education consists of a didactic year followed by…