Diane Visich, Ed.D., PA-C
Associate Program Director of Assessment
Clinical Professor
Location
Diane joined the 91AV faculty in August of 2011. For 12 years prior to PA school, she worked as a clinical exercise physiologist in cardiac rehabilitation. After graduating from the physician assistant program at Central Michigan University, Diane worked for eleven years as a PA in family practice, cardiology, and neurosurgery.
Since 2000, Diane has had been involved in higher education, teaching as both part time and full time faculty in the School of Health Sciences at Central Michigan University, and tenured track faculty in the physician assistant program at Grand Valley State University.
Diane has clinical experience in family practice, cardiology, neurosurgery, preventive medicine and urgent care. Her academic experience is in inter-professional education, evidence based medicine, problem based learning, curriculum design and educational leadership.
Credentials
Education
Board Certifications and Licenses
Research
Current research
Musculoskeletal knowledge of graduating PA students
Infusing Interprofessional collaboration within the PA curriculum
Evaluating Emotional intelligence in Graduate Health Professions studnets
Use oif Virtual Reality in PA education
Other scholarly activity
“Asynchronous Collaboration: Infusing Interprofessional Education Into Existing Curriculum”, poster presentation at the 2017 PAEA National Education Forum, Denver CO
“Parallel Processes in Interprofessional Education”, poster presentation at the 2018 Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education: Interprofessional Care for the 21st Century conference , Philadelphia PA
“PA’s know that? Curriculum Matching as a Springboard for IPE”, poster presentation at the 2019 PAEA National Education Forum, Washington DC
“Getting Personal with Dementia: Physician Assistant Student Virtual Reality Immersion”, poster presentation at the 2019 PAEA National Education Forum, Washington DC
“Getting Personal with Dementia: Physician Assistant Student Virtual Reality Immersion” poster presention at the 2019 Costas Lambrew Research Retreat, Portland Maine
“Getting Personal with Dementia: Physician Assistant Student Virtual Reality Immersion” poster presentation at the 2019 National Institute of Aging Regional Director’s Meeting, Portland ME.