I cried in the dark auditorium as Dr. Fauci described how all of his patients used to die. And now, less than a generation of medicine later, I prescribe medicines he could only dream of. My patients? We talk about the weather, our weekends, our families. I shake their hands. I’ll see them again soon.
Legacy, Literature by Joanne Rolls, MEHP, MPAS, PA-C
Joanne Rolls, MEHP, MPAS, PA-C
Associate Professor, Vice-Chair of Education, Division of PA Education and Sciences, Director of Didactic Education, University of Utah PA Programm; Associate Director, University of Utah Master of Education in the Health Professions
Jo is grateful to the generations of clinicians who led the way. When she is not practicing medicine or teaching, she is reading, baking, biking, or outdoors with her wildand adventurous children.