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Graduate Certificates & Fellowships

Augsburg University offers graduate certificates and a graduate PA fellowship for our students to gain extra experience both in and out of the classroom during their journey to become a PA.

Certificate in Leadership Studies

Augsburg University offers this program for professionals who want to develop their leadership skills without undertaking a full-length leadership degree program. It can be completed alongside your PA studies.

Certificate Course Outline

 

Visit the full Leadership Certificate Page to learn more about the certificate.


 

PA Education Graduate Fellowship

 

In support of Augsburg University’s mission, the Augsburg PA program offers a PA Graduate Fellow Program.

This is an opportunity for recently graduated PAs to grow their leadership and teaching skills in a hands-on classroom setting during the time between graduation and clinical practice.

The Graduate Fellow will be supported financially to work with the PA program to become mentors and role models to current graduate-level PA students and PA faculty, reaffirming and growing our culture of respect and sensitivity to people of every culture and background

The Fellow will have an opportunity to prepare for their boards, licensure, and clinical practice while being mentored by PA program faculty in principles of health professions education and then applying those skills in the PA classroom.

PA fellows meet the following guidelines:

  • Anticipated Fall 2025 graduation from PA school or recently graduated from an accredited PA program.
  • Demonstrates a commitment to teaching future PAs in the clinical or educational setting.
  • Possesses a strong understanding of the experiences of historically marginalized groups in medicine and PA education.
  • Experience leading and/or organizing scholarly work, events, or projects that serve to create and advance a racially-just and equitable healthcare and learning environment

Our 2024 AUGSBURG PA GRADUATE FELLOWS

Jenny Nyflot & Madie Vraynes

Augsburg University’s PA Program looks forward to having Jenny & Madie join our faculty and staff this Fall as they grow and work alongside the academic cohort. To learn more about each of them, check out our latest post.

Learn more about our 2023 Fellows & 2022 Fellows.  A bit about our first fellows and the start of this program can be found on our blog post.


Questions regarding the PA Graduate Fellow Program?

Dr. Vanessa Bester

Director of the School of Health

Assistant Professor

Augsburg University PA Program

besterva@augsburg.edu