Leah Heffelfinger of Palmerton and Devan Pepe of Slatington, both students at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, recently began their final year of study as part of the Physician Assistant master’s degree program.

Their final year of study will consist of a series of clinical rotations. A 12-week rotation in family medicine and separate six-week rotations in medical specialties including emergency medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry and general surgery will conclude with their graduation from the program in August 2020. Students will be completing rotations in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, South Carolina, Illinois, Virginia, Florida, Arkansas, Maryland and Wisconsin.