Training physician assistants for rural Appalachia: an academic partnership for interprofessional collaboration
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Training physician assistants for rural Appalachia: an academic partnership for interprofessional collaboration
Abstract
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.
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