Perdue's medical career began in the United States Navy where he served as a hospital corpsman while being deployed in the Persian Gulf. After returning to Oklahoma, Perdue attended the University of Tulsa and later trained at the University of Oklahoma Physician Associate program where he earned a master's degree in health science. Perdue worked in emergency medicine for over 10 years and earned the certificate of added qualification (CAQ) in emergency medicine with the inaugural cohort in 2010. While working in emergency medicine, Perdue served as a clinical preceptor and adjunct instructor at the University of Oklahoma (Tulsa) PA program. Later he joined OU Tulsa as fulltime faculty and served in the role of director of didactic education. Before coming to the University of Oklahoma Physician Associate Program, Perdue served as the program director for Northeastern State University. Perdue completed a PhD in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum (Biomedical Education) at the University of Oklahoma. His research interests include clinical reasoning education, cadaver anatomy and point-of-care ultrasound in PA education. In addition to publishing in academic journals, Perdue also published a chapter in an Elsevier book, Clinical Reasoning for Physician Assistants: A Workbook for Certification Review and Practice Readiness 1st Edition.
Academic Section(s):
Physician Associate Program
Education:
PhD: University of Oklahoma