# Katie Carstens, PA-C - Family Practice Physician Assistant Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/redefining-rural-healthcare-6450157/katie-carstens-pa-c-family-practice-physician-assistant Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/redefining-rural-healthcare-6450157/katie-carstens-pa-c-family-practice-physician-assistant.md Podcast: [Redefining Rural Healthcare](https://stenobird.com/podcast/redefining-rural-healthcare-6450157) Published: 2024-10-04T20:58:17+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/katie-carstens-pa-c-family-practice-physician-assistant--62234706 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/62234706/katie_carstens_mixdown.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/redefining-rural-healthcare-6450157/episodes/katie-carstens-pa-c-family-practice-physician-assistant Duration seconds: 2023 ## Resource Redefining Rural Healthcare podcast host and Associate Chief of Staff at Western Wisconsin Health, Dr. Michael Douglas, sits down with Family Practice Physician Assistant, Katie Carstens, PA-C. Katie shares her journey from changing career paths multiple times to finding her niche in primary care and oncology at Western Wisconsin Health. She highlights the importance of preventive care, chronic disease management, and her passion for working with diverse patient populations. Katie reflects on her formative experiences in training and the support she received from her husband, her background in kinesiology, and various rotations before becoming a PA. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/redefining-rural-healthcare-6450157/episodes/katie-carstens-pa-c-family-practice-physician-assistant/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/redefining-rural-healthcare-6450157/katie-carstens-pa-c-family-practice-physician-assistant.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.