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Karen Hills

PA Educator

Karen Hills is the Chief of Educational Development for the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA). She is a Professor-Emeritus Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, NC. Before joining PAEA, she was on faculty at the Duke University PA Program for 16 years having served as program director from 2013-2017. She received her master’s degree in health fitness management from the American University in Washington, DC and her PA certificate from the Wake Forest University Physician Assistant Program. Ms. Hills is a certified facilitator in The Leadership Challenge and is a facilitator for Crucial Conversations. In response to COVID-19, Ms. Hills has been involved in virtualizing faculty development opportunities through webinars, modules and online trainings.

May 23, 2022

Season 2: Episode 39 -Karen Hills, MS, PA-C Chief of Educational Deve…

We speak with Ms. Karen Hills, MS, PA-C; Chief of Educational Development for PAEA about her path to becoming a PA, her various roles in the profession, and about some of the trends in PA education.

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