Samantha Lucas

Biography

Physician Assistant with a bachelor’s degree in education; Clinical Assistant Professor at Clarkson University PA program; 7.5 years of clinical experience in the urgent care and emergency medicine setting; well-versed in creating lesson plans and excited to provide an inspiring learning environment; Clarkson MSPAS graduate; experienced with precepting PA students and assisting new graduate PAs; 2 additional years' experience grading Clarkson PA student clinical papers and term papers for clinical rotations; primary author for article published in JAAPA 

Education Background

• Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies - Clarkson University
• Bachelor of Arts in Childhood Education - State University of New York at Potsdam

Experience

Clarkson University  - Clinical Assistant Professor, July 2022 - Present 

• Director of Patient Assessment course, develops lectures and course syllabus
• Lectures in Clinical Medicine course, facilitates PBL groups, proctors exams
• Advises multiple students 

Canton Potsdam Hospital - Physician Assistant, April 2019 - Present 

• Employed for an emergency medicine group providing patient care within the main emergency room, fast track, and outpatient urgent care centers.
• Involved in all aspects of patient care including ordering and interpreting tests, taking a history and physical exam, development of treatment plans, prescribing of medications, performing varying procedures, electronic charting, ED to hospital admissions, transfer of patients to tertiary care centers, urgent care to ED transfers, coordinating patient care with outpatient physicians
• Procedural skills include splinting, I&D, laceration repair, foley catheter placement, nasal packing, joint reduction, local anesthesia/block, foreign body removal, airway management, assisting with traumas and cardioversion
• Experienced with precepting several Clarkson PA students 

Clarkson University - Contracted for grading, 2019 - Present 

• Experienced with grading Clarkson PA student SOAP notes, H&Ps, Term Papers 

Albany Medical Center, EmUrgent Care - Physician Assistant, June 2016 - March 2019 

• Provided care for patients across several urgent cares in the capital district region and within the main emergency department at Albany Medical Center during the influenza surge
• Involved in all aspects of patient care including ordering and interpreting tests, taking a history and physical exam, development of treatment plans, prescribing of medications, electronic charting, urgent care to ED transfers, coordinating patient care with outpatient physicians
• Procedural skills include splinting, I&D, laceration repair, foley catheter placement, nasal packing, joint reduction, local anesthesia/block, foreign body removal
• Provided school physicals, DOT physicals, urine drug screening, breath alcohol testing, pulmonary function testing, auditory testing, EKGs
• Experienced with precepting several PA students and assisting new graduate PAs 

Salmon River Central School District - Substitute Teacher, 2008 - 2010  

• Full time substitute for second grade for 6 months and per diem substitute for ages ranging from pre-k to 6th grade
• Experienced making lesson plans and implementing them
• Excellent organizational skills and record keeping
• Experience with counseling students and parents regarding their education, strengths and weaknesses, and making plans going forward to better assist students to become lifelong learners and successful
• Experience working with students of differing cultures and backgrounds, celebrating individual differences and exploring different learning styles 

Teaching Interests

• Patient Assessment
• Genetics

Service

Secretary of the Potsdam Holiday Fund

Research Interests

• Physical Examination
• Procedural skills

Clinical Practice

• Emergency Medicine
• Urgent Care

Publications

Severe Type IV Hiatal Hernia Secondary to Congenital Shortened Esophagus. Weller S, Powers C, Sly B, Parnes N, Ciani C. Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. 30(10): 1-3, October 2017