{"id":1221,"date":"2024-07-02T14:11:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/?page_id=1221"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:04:36","slug":"welcome-message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/welcome-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Message"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 37%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Welcome to the Tarleton State University Master of Medical Science in Physician Assistant Medicine (Tarleton MMSc PAM) Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tarleton MMSc PAM Program is a developing program and has applied for Accreditation-Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant. Please see Accreditation Statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/accreditation-statement\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program will offer a dynamic 28-month academic experience that reflects excellence in Physician Assistant education; preparing clinicians who deliver exceptional healthcare and servant leaders in the areas of health disparities and social justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MMSc PAM program at Tarleton State University will matriculate its first cohort in April 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please explore the program\u2019s website for more information. You may also <a href=\"https:\/\/tarleton.kualihub.com\/app\/698c98f2c5a21d028b07f602\/start\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/forms\/view.php?id=296109\">schedule an appointment to visit us<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I look forward to hearing from you soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Brenda Diaz DMSc, PA-C<br>Associate Professor<br>Program Director<br>Master of Medical Science in Physician Assistant Medicine<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/351\/2023\/10\/Diaz_Brenda_01_SM-e1635462388481.jpeg\" alt=\"Smiling person with short gray hair wearing a white shirt.\" class=\"wp-image-958 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/351\/2023\/10\/Diaz_Brenda_01_SM-e1635462388481.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/351\/2023\/10\/Diaz_Brenda_01_SM-e1635462388481-271x300.jpeg 271w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/351\/2023\/10\/Diaz_Brenda_01_SM-e1635462388481-361x400.jpeg 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Tarleton State University Master of Medical Science in Physician Assistant Medicine (Tarleton MMSc PAM) Program. The Tarleton MMSc PAM Program is a developing program and has applied &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":580,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1221","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/author\/brian-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3\/","display_name":"brian"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on July 2, 2024","modified":"Updated on February 11, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on July 2, 2024 2:11 pm","modified":"Updated on February 11, 2026 3:04 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1221"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1689,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1221\/revisions\/1689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/pam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}