Carroll University in Waukesha 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 program that focuses on training physician assistants in primary care with an emphasis on serving Wisconsin's growing Hispanic population.
Based on current capacity, Wisconsin's three physician assistant training programs at the the University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW-La Crosse and Marquette University will not fill the state's need over the next decade, Carroll officials said.
Carroll's program would reduce the shortfall by 60 percent.
"We are aware of the need for more physician assistants and of the demand for a PA training program in our area," said Douglas N. Hastad, president of Carroll. "We are looking forward to providing more opportunities for students in the health care professions, to addressing the state's health care needs, and to working with a wide variety of community partners."
Dr. Russell Harland of Brookfield, a 1983 Carroll graduate, will chair a group of health care professionals who will advise Carroll on curriculum.
Carroll's 24-month training program will focus on primary care with an emphasis on Hispanic health care because research has consistently shown those are the two areas of greatest need in the physician assistant profession.
The school plans to admit its first students in the new program in June 2009.
Carroll to launch new physician assistant program
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