Andrew Booth speaks about the physician assistant program during an
event in Traverse City. At right is Timothy Nelson, president of
Northwestern Michigan College; Roy Olsson, dean of the College of Health
Professions, is at right.
Physician Assistant Studies program expands
Nov 12, 2014
Administrators and faculty members celebrated the expansion of
Grand Valley’s physician assistant program in Traverse City November 11.
The satellite program will open at the Traverse City Regional
Center next fall. Andrew Booth, department chair, said students in the
master’s level program in Traverse City will interact daily with their
counterparts at the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences in Grand
Rapids through the use of ITV, a remote site classroom video system.
Booth and Theresa Bacon-Baguley, professor of physician
assistant studies, were joined in Traverse City by Jean Nagelkerk,
vice provost for Health; Roy Olsson, dean of the College of Health
Professions; and Simone Jonaitis, executive director of the Center for
Adult and Continuing Studies.
Timothy Nelson, president of Northwestern Michigan College, and
Dr. Rob Smith, medical director of Munson Medical Center’s Emergency
Department, also made remarks.
Olsson said adding the satellite program allows Grand Valley to
enroll more students in the program overall, as students in Traverse
City will spend their clinical year in northern Michigan health care facilities.
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