Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care, a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine, is coming to the South Campus Library from July 30 through September 8, 2018. This exhibition was curated by Loren Miller, PhD, an independent historian and curator.

Physician assistants (PAs) practice medicine as a dynamic part of a team, alongside doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals and work within diverse communities to treat patients and improve lives by addressing health care shortages. Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care describes how the profession developed as a solution to meet the social and health care needs of the mid-20th century and continues to evolve today. The exhibit features stories of PAs in communities all over the world and on the front lines of health crises, like the recent Ebola epidemic. It also features PAs from the highest echelons of government, including Congresswoman Karen Bass from California and George McCullough, the first White House PA.

Visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine website for more information on Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care.