A Qualitative Study of Physician Assistant Student Reflections in a Service-Learning Community Clinic and the Influence on Professional Identity Formation.

Introduction: Service learning is a commonly used teaching modality in physician assistant (PA) programs; however, the literature analyzing the written reflections of PA students who participate in these experiences is limited. The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of PA students who participated in a service-learning clinic through analysis of their written reflections.

Methods: An exploratory qualitative research design, using conventional content analysis, was used to examine the reflections of both didactic and clinical-phase PA students who participated in a service-learning clinic between 2016 and 2020.

Governor's Party, Policies, and COVID-19 Outcomes: Further Evidence of an Effect.

Introduction: This study connects the aggregate strength of public health policies taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. states to the governors' party affiliations and to state-level outcomes.