MEDEX Northwest

MEDEX Northwest, the University of Washington School of Medicine’s PA* Program, is committed to educating experienced healthcare personnel from diverse backgrounds to practice medicine with physician supervision. The program provides a broad, competency-based curriculum that focuses on primary care with an emphasis on underserved populations. MEDEX encourages life-long learning to meet ever-changing healthcare needs. As a pioneer in PA education, MEDEX continues to be innovative in identifying, creating, and filling new niches for PAs as a strategy for expanding healthcare access. For more information on the title change from "Physician Assistant" to "Physician Associate" and to understand why we are using PA in the interim, please see: https://www.aapa.org/title-change/general-faqs/#accordion__panel--5--can-pas-start-calling-themselves-physician-associates-now.