PA History
WCU PA Facts
Medical
100

First recognized PA in the US?

Who is Eugene A. Stead?

100

When did the first PA class start?

When is Jan. 2022?

100

What type of virus is HIV?

What is a single strand RNA virus?

200

First PA School in the US

What is Duke University?

200

Which WCU professor has the most degrees?

Who is Dr. Chantelle Lessard-Chaudoin?

200

How many strains of influenza are covered by the 2023 annual vaccine?

What is 4?

300

First formally educated woman PA?

Who is Joyce Nicols?

300

What is Dean Bronson's PhD in?

What is Education?

300

What is the way you can definitively diagnose a prion disease?

What is brain tissue biopsy?

400

What year were PA's recognized/licensed in Texas?

When is 1994?

400

How many WCU PA professors hold a masters of public health?

What is 2?

400

What is the medical term for a runny nose?

What is coryza?

500

What was the last state to allow PA's to practice?

Where is Mississippi?

500

What branch of the military was Dr. Astrin in?

What is Army?


500

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is implicated in which lymphoma?

What is Burkitt Lymphoma?