Program Director and Department Chair
Jason Radke earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Iowa with majors in Biology and Psychology in 2003, and went on to earn his Master of Medical Sciences in Physician Assistant Studies at Midwestern University in 2006. He has been practicing clinically for nearly all of the past fifteen years.
Jason joined the PA Program faculty at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in 2014 as a Clinical Coordinator. During his time with the program he has served as Director of Experiential Learning, Director of Didactic Education, and transitioned into his current role as Program Director and Department Chair in 2018.
Jason has spent most of his clinical career practicing in pediatrics, but has also worked in emergency medicine and men’s health. He continues to practice clinically as director of Healthy Families Clinic along with faculty from the Psychology Department in a pediatric integrated behavioral health clinic on the university campus. This clinic provides free care to uninsured children in the community, helps connect families to community services, and allows for PA and psychology students to gain clinical experience on an interprofessional team.
As faculty, Jason teaches Population Medicine, Pediatrics, Physical Assessment, Advanced Physical Exam, the EENT and Psychology units in the General Medicine and Infectious Disease course series, and lectures or facilitates in multiple other courses throughout the curriculum such as PA Professional Issues and Ethics and Interprofessional Case Collaborations. He also teaches students from all clinical professions at the university.
In 2018 Jason received the College of Health Professions (CHP) Outstanding Faculty Award; a nomination by his peers. In 2019 he received CHP Outstanding Educator Award; a nomination by PA students.
External to his university role, Jason has served on the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Finance Steering Committee since 2019. Most recently, he was a case contributor for 101 Primary Care Case Studies: A Workbook for Clinical and Bedside Skills.
Today we speak with Dr. Patrick Knott and Mr. Jason Radke from Rosalind Franklin University about their PA program, about post-graduate training residencies for PAs, and about a unique role that Dr. Knott has taken as an inventor and scholar. …