Primary Care and General Pediatrics

Biography

Bettie Coplan is Clinical Associate Professor at Arizona State University in the School for the Science of Health Care Delivery where she leads the online MS degree program. She also serves as adjunct faculty for Northern Arizona University’s physician assistant (PA) program and practices clinically part-time at a medical respite center for patient’s experiencing homelessness. Ms. Coplan has been a physician assistant since 1999 and an educator since 2006. She is a leader in her profession and has published several articles addressing PA and primary care issues. In 2012, she received the national Physician Assistant Education Association Research Achievement Award.

Research Interest

Bettie has practiced clinically since 1999; her experience includes correctional health, family medicine, and gastroenterology. Bettie has published in a number of journals and presented on a national level on various topics including the use of technology in education.