The Physician Assistant Student's Guide to the Clinical Year: OB-GYN

Elyse Watkins, DHSc, PA-C, DFAAPA is an Associate Professor for the University of Lynchburg's School of PA Medicine, Doctor of Medical Science (DMSc) program where she teaches women's health, global health, and evidence-based medicine. She is also an Adjunct Instructor at Florida State University where she teaches the women's health module to PA students. She works clinically per diem for Wake Forest Baptist Community Physicians in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Watkins has worked in PA education since 2012 serving in both the clinical and didactic phases of PA curricula. She speaks at state, regional, and national CME conferences on women's health topics, has published several articles in JAAPA, and has written two books and one chapter in peer-reviewed clinical books. She is active in local, state, and national PA organizations. She has also worked with several state and regional organizations to advocate for greater utilization of PAs in obstetrics and gynecology practices. She graduated from The George Washington University's PA program in 1993. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Sociology and a Master of Science in Health Care Management. She earned her Doctor of Health Science with a concentration in Global Health from Nova Southeastern University in 2016. She was a National Health Service Corps Scholarship recipient and fulfilled her commitment to practice in a Central California migrant clinic in 1995. The majority of her clinical career was spent working in obstetrics and gynecology in the Central Valley of California and has completed medical missions to Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Tanzania. Maureen Knechtel, MPAS, PA-C, received a bachelor's degree in health science and a master's degree in physician assistant studies from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. She is the author of the textbook EKGs for the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant, 1st and 2nd editions. Knechtel is a fellow member of the Physician Assistant Education Association, the American Academy of Physician Assistants, and the Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants. She is the academic coordinator and an assistant professor with the Milligan College Physician Assistant Program in Johnson City, TN, and practices as a cardiology PA with the Ballad Health Cardiovascular Associates Heart Institute. Knechtel has been a guest lecturer nationally and locally on topics including EKG interpretation, chronic angina, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, hypertension, and mixed hyperlipidemia.