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PA and DO
students join forces at the border
Accompanied by PA faculty member Patti Pagels, 10 DO and six
PA students visited the US/ Mexico border region of Big Bend
/ Presidio for what has become an annual UNTHSC "Border Health
Trip."
The participating students were given a unique opportunity
to see border life and the state of healthcare delivery in
this remote area of Texas. Among the many stops on the trip
was a remote clinic in Sanderson staffed by a PA who
serves as the only health care provider within a 90-mile radius.
Students also visited a hospital, and clinic and pharmacy in
Mexico where they learned first-hand how dependent uninsured
U.S. residents have become upon physicians and pharmacies located
across the border.
Our students were the invited guests of the United States
Border Health Association, which comprises health officials
from the border communities of Presidio and Ojinaga, Mexico.
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