New PA Program in Development in Wisconsin
Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisc., has received a grant to develope a new PA program, according to The Business Journal of Milwaukee.
Sounds like a unique program with a primary care mission.
Carroll University in Waukesha, formerly known as Carroll College, has received a $595,000 federal grant to support the development of a new physician assistant training program.
The three-year grant, from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will help Carroll develop, launch and assess a 24-month program that focuses on training physician assistants in primary care with an emphasis on serving Wisconsin’s growing Hispanic population.
According to a university press release, students are expected to be admitted to the program in June 2009.
Link to The Business Journal of Milwaukee article
Link to Carroll University press release
There are currently 141 accredited programs and this makes at least seven in some stage of development.
- Ohio's Mount Union College
- New York's Clarkson University
- New York's SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Kentucky's University of the Cumberlands
- Florida's Nova Southeastern University (Jacksonville)
- Tennessee's Lincoln Memorial University