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Pennsylvania College of Technology's physician assistant major was recently granted continuing accreditation for the next five years. The Accreditation Review Committee on Education for the Physician Assistant approved the physician assistant program's reaccreditation following a comprehensive site visit and the program?s submission of a self-study report.

Penn College paramedic and physician assistant students are devoting time this week at the Little League Baseball World Series in South Williamsport. Physician assistant students and faculty have been staffing the Infirmary in International Grove, the residential area set aside for the participating baseball teams, since Aug.

More than 50 students enrolled in Pennsylvania College of Technology's paramedic and physician assistant majors will help with medical coverage Aug. 18-27 at the 2006 Little League Baseball World Series. The students will be ready to offer medical services for thousands who attend and participate in the 10-day international event in South Williamsport.

Two students from the South Williamsport Area School District are the latest recipients of awards from a scholarship established at Pennsylvania College of Technology to honor the memory of the late wife of state Sen. Roger A. Madigan, a member of the college's board of directors. Jennifer C. Berrios and Andrea L.

Junior-year students from Penn College's physician assistant program participated in Susquehanna Health System's Health Festival, held April 22 at the Lycoming Mall in Muncy. Under the supervision of PA-C program staff Paula D. Holmes, program coordinator, and Kathleen A. Wiegand, clinical coordinator, the students performed more than 200 blood-pressure checks.

The director of Pennsylvania College of Technology's physician assistant program authored an article published last month in Advance for Physician Assistants magazine.

Students in the School of Health Sciences at Pennsylvania College of Technology administered free flu shots at seven locations Nov. 16-18 in cooperation with the Lycoming County Health Improvement Coalition and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

A group of physician assistant students from Pennsylvania College of Technology recently participated in the Student Challenge Bowl at the Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants' state conference. The students finished second in their round of competition, but did not advance to the final round. Students who competed are: Mark J. Rockwell, Linden; Parul P. Shah, Williamsport; and Adam D.

Twenty-seven students in the Physician Assistant Program at Pennsylvania College of Technology gained real-world experience while they served baseball teams 24 hours a day for 16 days during the recent Little League World Series in South Williamsport. The students, who are juniors and seniors in the program, provided urgent care for players, coaches and their hosts, or "uncles," from Aug.

The Physician Assistant major at Pennsylvania College of Technology has earned provisional accreditation, giving it the distinction of being the only approved physician assistant program at a state-related public college or university in Pennsylvania.