Pat Shaw currently serves as an associate professor and program coordinator for the Health Information Management and Technology programs in the Department Health Administrative Services. She has been on the faculty of Weber State University since 1991. She has also been in the Health Information Management profession for over 20 years, working in both the traditional healthcare setting and as a nosologist for 3M Health Information Systems.

While at the university, Shaw has received the Dr. Ezekial R. Dumke College of Health Professions Teacher of the Year Award and the Marriott Recognition Award for Outstanding Service to the Dr. Ezekial R. Dumke College of Health Professions. She was awarded the Distinguished Member Award by the Utah Health Information Management Association in 1991. In 2008, Shaw was the recipient of the George and Beth Love innovative teaching award.

Shaw has co-authored a textbook on Performance Improvement in Healthcare and several journal articles. Her service to university has included numerous committee appointments at both the college and university levels. In addition, she has served on the American Health Information Management Association’s Board of Directors, the Council on Certification and the Utah Health Information Management Association at almost every capacity.