Alumni

Welcome to the Alumni Section of the UW-Madison PA Program Website! In this section we hope to link alumni with the program, with its students, with employers, and to help you keep in touch with us.

The PA Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was founded by mandate of the Wisconsin State legislature in 1974 under a bill sponsored by former State Senator and Governor Tommy Thompson. Classes began in 1975, and the first class graduated in 1977. The Program has graduated more than 800 PAs since 1977, comprising the vast majority of the practicing PAs in the State of Wisconsin.

Volunteer Opportunities

Shadowing

There are a number of opportunities for alumni to interact with our current students and those who wish to be students. The Program office operates a referral service for pre-PA students who are encouraged to shadow physician assistants in clinical practice so that they may become more familiar with the role of the PA in the health care system. If you are interested in volunteering, or know someone who is, please provide us with the contact information and we will get in touch with more detailed information.

Distance Mentor

The UW Madison PA Program is one of the only PA programs in the country to offer a distance education track. The didactic portion of the program is completed over two years for distance students, and students complete some clinical laboratory skills in or near their home communities during this time frame. PA clinical mentors are needed for the distance students during their didactic training. If you are interested in becoming a mentor for a distance student, or know someone who is, please contact us with the contact information and we will get in touch with more detailed information.

Preceptors

Finally, one well-known opportunity for alumni-student interaction is clinical supervising. New preceptors and preceptorship sites are always needed. Students complete eight-week clinical experiences in family practice, emergency medicine, internal medicine and various surgical specialties. Preceptors are offered volunteer faculty appointments to the UW-Madison Medical School, Department of Family Medicine. Recent graduates who are interested in becoming preceptors should have two years of clinical employment experience. If you are interested in becoming a preceptor, or know someone who is, please provide us with the contact information and we will get in touch with more detailed information.

Keeping in Touch

It is very important that the Program has updated contact information on its alumni. It will help us to keep in contact with you when we sponsor events like the annual Employment Reception, an AAPA conference reception, and alumni gatherings. It also helps us to gather feedback on our curriculum from recent graduates, complete required surveys for grants, and inquire of your interest in guest lecturing or precepting.

Please email your current contact information to paprogram@mailplus.wisc.edu. Please include your full name, mailing address, phone, email, and the year you graduated from the UW-Madison Physician Assistant program.

Employment Board

This section is intended as a service to alumni who are either looking for a clinical position or have a position they wish to fill at their employment setting. Check back for more information on the employment board.

Physician Assistant Job Opportunities -Updated November 2009

Marshfield Clinic Job Opportunities

ThedaCare Job Opportunities

Physician Assistant Staffing Services - locum tenens

WAPA Employment Opportunities

Physician Assistant Jobs, Employment & Career Center Website

The National Rural Recruitment & Retention Newtork (3RNet)

Rural Health Careers in Wisconsin

PAJobSite.com

Employment Resources

PA Employment Guide - 2009 Edition

Give Us Your Feedback

Email your comments and questions to paprogram@mailplus.wisc.edu.