The Role of Physician Associates in Rural Healthcare | Echo Kopplin

Podcast: The Grit to Growth Podcast · Levi Te Slaa

Opublikowano: 2026-03-16

What role do physician associates play in today’s healthcare system, especially in rural communities? Echo Kopplin has built her career helping people better understand that answer. In this episode, Echo joins Levi to share her journey from growing up on a ranch in rural Nebraska to becoming a physician associate and advocate for healthcare education. Now based in Spearfish, South Dakota, she focuses on improving how clinicians are trained, supported, and positioned to care for patients in an evolving healthcare system. What You'll Hear: Echo explains what a physician associate actually does, how th...