Hosted by ASAHP’s Clinical Education Committee, this webinar will help ASAHP member faculty and administrators support student mental health before and during clinical placements. Learn to recognize signs of distress, integrate wellness strategies into pre-clinical preparation, and guide students in delivering compassionate care while managing their own well-being. The session also addresses common stressors such as supervisor dynamics, performance anxiety, and external responsibilities, and highlights available mental health resources.

Speakers:

• Nicholas Fronczak, LMHC-D
  Assistant Director for Embedded Counseling Programs
  Embedded Counselor, School of Public Health and Health Professions
  University at Buffalo

• Abigail Schiltz PA-C, CAQ-Psych
  Physician Assistant / Behavioral Health Clinic
  Des Moines University

• Moderator: Christopher O’Brien, Ph.D., LAT, ATC, FASAHP, FNAP
  Dean of Health Sciences
  King’s College
  Chair, ASAHP’s Clinical Education Committee

Full Speaker Bios

Nicholas Fronczak is a licensed mental health counselor with diagnostic privilege (LMHC-D). He earned a bachelor’s degree at Flagler College, his first master’s degree in higher education and student affairs administration at SUNY Buffalo State University, and a second master’s degree in mental health counseling at the University at Buffalo. He has worked in higher education settings across New York State for the past 14 years. He currently serves as the Assistant Director for Embedded Counseling Programs, and the Embedded Counselor for the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo.

Abigail Schiltz is a physician assistant with an added qualification in psychiatry in the Des Moines University (DMU) Behavioral Health Clinic. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Physiology at the University of Iowa and a master’s degree in physician assistant studies at DMU. She then served as a physician assistant family medicine resident at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC), where she treated patients of all ages in the general family medicine clinic. Abigail has been practicing outpatient psychiatry at Des Moines University since October 2021.