About the Speaker

John Bradford is a Certified PA who served on the NCCPA Board of Directors from 2018 to 2025. He was the 2024 Board Chair and 2025 Immediate Past Chair. He has lived and worked in many remote and isolated areas across five continents. John was a Peace Corps Medical Officer in Malawi, Namibia and The Gambia. He also worked in Edinburgh Scotland, Kabul, Afghanistan and in the Pacific on Midway and Shemya Islands. John also spent time doing per diem work for the U,S, State Department in Malawi and The Gambia. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Solomon Islands and served as the medical provider for the Fall 2017 sailing of Semester at Sea.

He has practiced in urgent care, internal medicine, occupational health and emergency medicine in the rural United States and holds adjunct professor positions with the University of Utah and the University of North Texas. John also serves on the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee of the AAPA as well as the Steering Committee for NCCPA’s Represent! Conference. John currently serves on the board of directors as Secretary for the International Association of P.A. Educators.

He lives in Missoula Montana USA, splitting his time between clinics in Yellowstone National Park and the Prudhoe Bay region of Alaska. John earned a BSN from Montana State University and a master’s degree in PA Studies from the University of Utah.

How to participate

The class will become available about 30 minutes prior to the start of the presentation. During this time, you should ensure that you have the Zoom client installed and working.

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How to get your Participation Certificate

After the presentation, return to this course to take the post-lecture quiz. The quiz will consist of information that was presented during the session and should not be difficult if you watched the presentation. Once you finish and pass the quiz, mark the course as complete. Your certificate will be available for download as a PDF file upon completion.

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