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PRIMARY CARE TRAINING AND ENHANCEMENT: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT RURAL TRAINING IN MENTAL AND BEHAV. HLTH - LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY'S PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES PROGRAM'S LOCATED WITH THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES' GOAL IS TO EXPAND DIDACTIC, INSTRUCTIONAL, AND EXPERIENTIAL TRAINING/ROTATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS WITHIN RURAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTS FOCUSING ON CROSS DISCIPLINE APPLICATION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. THROUGH OFFERING AN INTENTIONAL AND STRATEGIC VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE ROTATIONS IN RURAL SETTINGS, OUR STUDENTS WILL SUBSEQUENTLY SEEK JOBS AND CAREERS IN AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE GARNERED EXPERIENCES AND THEREBY HELP TO CREATE A GREATER PIPELINE OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS SERVING RURAL, UNDERSERVED MINORITY POPULATIONS WITHIN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN AND THE COUNTRY. NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ACCORDING TO THE RURAL HEALTH INFORMATION HUB, BASED UPON SELECTED SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH FOR RURAL MICHIGAN, 4.6% OF THE MICHIGAN RESIDENTS LACK HEALTH INSURANCE (KAISER, 2022). IN ADDITION, THERE ARE ONLY 37 CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS, 220 RURAL HEALTH CLINICS, 125 FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS, AND 31 SHORT TERM/PPS HOSPITALS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE ON BOTH UPPER AND LOWER PENINSULAS. (HTTPS://WWW.RURALHEALTHINFO.ORG/STATES/MICHIGAN. AS LTU IS LOCATED IN THE LOWER PENINSULA OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, WE HAVE DECIDED TO PARTNER WITH 3 RURAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS INCLUDING ASPIRE RURAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN DECKERVILLE, MI (SANILAC CO.), MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SYSTEM IN OWOSSO, MI (SHIAWASSEE CO.) AND MYMICHIGAN IN WEST BRANCH, MI (OWEGO CO.) BASED UPON A RURAL LOCATION DESIGNATION-AS IDENTIFIED IN THE RURAL HEALTH ANALYZER TOOL , GEOGRAPHICAL RELATIONSHIP TO LTU, CURRENT LTU AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS AND BASED UPON THOSE CHOSEN NON COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER CURRENT PA SCHOOLS LOCATED ACROSS THE STATE. THESE SITE SELECTIONS ARE CRITICAL TO THE STUDENTS ROTATION AND EXTERNAL LINKAGES AS THEY WILL ALIGN WITH OUR CURRENT CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL FOCI AND WILL ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO PROCURE RELATED EXPERIENTI AL LEARNING IN THESE AREAS AND THEY TIE DIRECTLY TO LTU'S GOALS FOR OUR STUDENTS' EDUCATION. AS AN EXAMPLE, LTU STUDENTS TAKE A BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE COURSE IN THEIR BEGINNING YEAR-PREPARING AND TRAINING STUDENTS PRIOR TO THE ROTATION SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS ADD TO THEIR OVERALL LEARNING IN THIS AREA. PROPOSED SERVICES AND POPULATION GROUPS GROUP (S) TO BE SERVED THROUGH THIS GRANT SEVERAL POPULATION GROUPS WILL BE SERVED. THESE INCLUDE OUR STUDENTS AND PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS, OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH/RURAL HEALTH PARTNERS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THOSE UNDERSERVED GROUPS LIVING IN MICHIGAN'S RURAL AREAS. LTU OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD WILL PLACE 75 STUDENTS IN A 3-MONTH MINIMUM ROTATION IN RURAL AREAS/MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS (MUA), MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS (MUP), MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES (MUC) AND/OR THAT ARE INCLUDED IN UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES (URM)/VULNERABLE POPULATIONS (VP). LTU WILL INCORPORATE ITS CURRENT CURRICULUM AND DEVELOP APPROPRIATE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH/MEDICINE CURRICULUM WITH OUR PARTNERS IN RURAL AREAS THAT FOCUS ON PRIMARY HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTERNAL MEDICINE AMONG OTHER AREAS INCLUDED AS THE FOCI IN THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. LTU ALREADY INCORPORATES BOTH FLIPPED AND TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS BASED UPON INSTRUCTOR AND SPECIFIC COURSE. IN ADDITION, LTU ALREADY INCLUDES A COURSE AND CURRICULUM THAT INTEGRATES BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WITH PRIMARY CARE SERVICES. OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRAINING ADDITIONALLY INCLUDES A FOCUS ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PREVENTION, IDENTIFICATION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND REFERRAL SERVICES. THROUGH THIS HRSA GRANT OPPORTUNITY, OUR GOAL IS NOT ONLY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PA'S TRAINED TO DELIVER THESE SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS, INCLUDING MEDICATIONS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (MOUD), BUT SUBSEQUENTLY TO PROVIDE INCREASED HEALTH CARE TO THOUSANDS OF AT RISK RURAL RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
$259.7k 6/3/24