Joanne Rolls

Biographic Data

ID7721757
NAMEJoanne Rolls
GIVEN NAMESJoanne
FAMILY NAMERolls
SIGNATUREROLLS J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Utah
ORCID0000-0002-4793-2310
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Non-native English-speaking applicants and the likelihood of physician assistant program matriculation

    Open AccessShahpar Najmabadi, Virginia L Valentin et al.ARTICLEMedical Education Online2024

    Results indicated that non-native English-speaking applicants have lower odds of PA program matriculation. Decrements in matriculation odds were large magnitude, minimally impacted by adjustment for confounders and persistent across the years. These findings suggest that PA program admission processes may disadvantage non-native English-speaking applicants. While there are potential explanations for the observed findings, they are cause for conce…

  • Curricular Approaches to Transgender Health in Physician Assistant Education

    Open AccessJoanne Rolls, John Davis et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2020

    PURPOSE: According to the Williams Institute, 1.4 million U.S. adults identify as transgender. Many experience health care disparities. Professional organizations call for medical education to improve transgender care, but what curricula are being delivered is unknown. The goal of this study was to conduct the first comprehensive, national survey of transgender health care curricula in physician assistant (PA) education. METHOD: The authors sent …