Training physician assistants for rural Appalachia: an academic partnership for interprofessional collaboration.
Wake Forest School of Medicine and the College of Health Sciences at Appalachian State University are partnering to train physician assistants to practice as primary care providers in medically underserved parts of Western North Carolina. The partnership will also develop interprofessional education and team-based training activities for health professions students.
Corresponding author: Department of Physician Assistant Studies, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. rbushard@wakehealth.edu.
Reamer L
RL
Bushardt
College of Health Sciences, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA.
Frederick K
FK
Whitt
Department of Physician Assistant Studies, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Tanya
T
Gregory
D001061:Appalachian Region; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D009657:North Carolina; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000193:education*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D019035:Rural Health Services; D012424:Rural Population; D000078329:Workforce