PA Program graduates 35

“You are entering a profession at a time when health care delivery is not as simple as it once was,” speaker William C. Kohlpepp, M.H.A., P.A.-C, told the 35 graduates of the Physician Associates Class of 2000 at Commencement on Sept. 11. “Managed care and other emerging trends mean we will have new rules, new obligations and new ways of doing business,” added Kohlpepp, chair of the board of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Physician associates, as they are known at Yale, have proven successful, as has the model that teams them with physicians, he said. “We must remain flexible. We must remain committed to remembering that the patient is our number-one priority,” Kohlpepp said.

New council officers, a new agenda

The new officers of the Medical Student Council hope to address a variety of issues over the next academic year including producing a companion volume to the student guide known as The Kit. Treasurer Jennifer Teitelbaum, president Simran Singh and vice president Satish Nagula also plan to encourage greater faculty use of technology, explore a lowering of the age of financial independence, ask the library to extend hours at busy times and begin a mentoring program that would pair fifth-year students with first-years.