Wednesday, August 10, 2022
8/10/2022
Stanford School of Medicine Master of Science in Physician Assistant (MSPA) studies program is seeking support to sustain, develop and expand the network of health care system partners in clinical training for the MSPA students in primary care in rural locations throughout the state of California. With this project we aim to provide the MSPA students with longitudinal clinical training experiences in primary care in rural areas, starting with at least 8 students (29% of one cohort) for year one and 2 of the project, with the number increasing to 9 in years 3 and 4 and 10 in year 5. We will educate and train primary care PAs to identify and address health inequities, health disparities, and social determinants of health in the communities they serve via developing, delivering and evaluating curriculum for students and preceptors, with the help of the MSPA faculty team, Curriculum Committee, and in partnership with the Stanford Healthcare (SHC) Center for Education & Professional Development. The proposed curriculum will answer the learning objectives specific for these rotations, and will include training in telemedicine and culturally competent care. We will develop and strengthen collaborations between academia, primary care delivery sites and systems, and community based organizations to implement interprofessional rural clinical training experiences for primary care PA students by engaging new rural clinical training sites and collaborators following the existing model of interprofessional education partnership. Furthermore, we will increase the number of trained preceptors to educate PA students in rural primary care settings by engaging preceptors at the new and existing rural clinical training sites. We will collect and analyze evaluation data for all processes identified within the course of this project to ensure quality control and improvement.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
