Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Group Physician Assistant Wins Creighton University PA Program Preceptor of the Year Award

(PRESCOTT - Jan. 6, 2025) — Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Group’s (YRMG) partnership with Creighton University takes educational opportunities to new rewarding accomplishments for preceptors in the health care industry. Gerald “Jerry” Baldwin, a Physician Assistant at Dignity Health’s Yavapai Regional Medical Group Family Medicine Clinic in Chino, Ariz., has received the Creighton University PA Program Preceptor of the Year Award. Jerry is Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C) and trains students from the Creighton University PA program every year.

A few Creighton students who Jerry mentors recently surprised him with the award, turning a routine day at the clinic into a special moment with his mentees.

“I’m grateful for the award and couldn’t have been more surprised to see some of my former students come by to share this recognition with me,” says Jerry. “I put my heart into my work and the opportunity to train others, and to have those very students come up to the clinic unexpectedly to share their appreciation is kind of a full circle moment.”

The work that YRMG does to partner with Creighton University and its training opportunities helps support the hands-on clinical learning experiences for students while developing the next generation of health care professionals in the community.

“The learning that occurs in the clinical phase solidifies this knowledge through real-life application,” says Darwin Brown, MPH, PA-C, Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Education for the Physician Assistant Program at the Creighton University School of Medicine. “The students ability to put medicine into practice relies on a network of dedicated clinician-educators.”