"I wanted to get my master's degree for a couple of reasons. First, I love learning. As a busy practitioner, I study often and enjoy learning a variety of new things to enhance my life and my practice. I longed for the intellectual companionship of classmates and learned professors. For me, the course work and class meetings were an ongoing discussion of important and fascinating subjects that filled me in a way that learning on my own could not. I also wanted to learn to be a better teacher. As practitioners, we teach all day long. I wanted to learn to do it better ⠜ to give patients and students the very best experience that I can. I began classroom teaching a year ago because I believe that it is faster to change the world 100 people at a time than it is to impact the world one person at a time in the examining room! The MSHS program gave me valuable tools with which to continue learning myself and to share that learning with my students. I feel that it is very important to remain engaged in our respective professions. The terminal degree for PAs is the master's degree. I feel that by obtaining my master's degree I am modeling responsible behavior to my students and my colleagues. It is an awesome privilege to train the persons who will constitute your profession in the future. My studies in the MSHPE program at WesternU help me to do that in far better ways than if I had not attended the program."
Tina Meyer (MSHS 2005)

"I enrolled in the Health Professions Education program to be able to have the skills as a good clinician in patient counseling. The program helped me learn the tools to be able to teach my colleagues in the health professions. The program has taught me, first and foremost, good communication skills. It has helped me learn to communicate effectively to an audience, with new technological tools and media that are available to instructors. I have learned the background of what is required to create a curriculum, and how to subsequently implement it. I highly recommend this program to anyone who is interested in expanding their role as an educator in the health professions."
Simone Yik (MSHS-HPE, PharmD 2004)