{"id":43966,"date":"2013-07-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/07\/18\/my-passion-my-commitment\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T14:36:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:36:52","slug":"my-passion-my-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/07\/18\/my-passion-my-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"My Passion. My Commitment."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>68107 and 68108 are the only two ZIP codes where Stella Washington has seen patients. An internship led to a job in her south Omaha community, with a predominately Hispanic population.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;People need to see health care professionals who look like them, who share the same obstacles or the same culture. It&#8217;s important that they have someone who identifies with them,&#8221; Washington said.<\/p>\n<p>\nThat&#8217;s why her career has taken her from family practice to women&#8217;s health and from 25th and L to 24<sup>th<\/sup> and Vinton Streets. Patients have followed.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Lots of female patients came to me as their primary provider so it was a natural transition for them to seek me out as their women&#8217;s health provider,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>\nEven though her current clinic primarily serves OB-GYN patients, Washington said primary care gives her a broad foundation to see &#8220;the whole family&#8221; and enjoy the spectrum of care. For mid-level providers it also is &#8220;a good place to get your feet wet to see what you want to do long-term,&#8221; she adds.<\/p>\n<p>\nOpportunity abounds for physician assistants to start or stay in primary care. In doing so, Washington said, you won&#8217;t lose your knowledge or experience base. Something she said often happens when a person chooses a specialty.<\/p>\n<p>\nWhile her practice is general medicine, she chose to work with a specific patient population. As a first generation Mexican-American, Washington is dedicated to serving the Hispanic community.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I love people, love medicine and love working with people who love this community,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>\nWashington is quick to point out that while many Latinos prefer health providers who share the same culture, it isn&#8217;t a requirement.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;In the course of mentoring students, I met several who were white, eager to care for this patient population and Spanish-speaking. Color is not the barrier, it is language.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nFirst year physician assistant students at UNMC often get a course in cultural diversity from Washington, a UNMC physician assistant graduate. 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