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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE • ANNUAL REPORT 2010–2011 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAM KEY FACTS • 80 students in campus and communitybased programs • 30 graduates in class of 2011 LEADERSHIP • Virginia Snyder, PhD, PA-C, program director The University of Wisconsin Physician Assistant (PA) Program is a nationally recognized, masters-level program administratively linked with the DFM. The PA program and the DFM have complementary missions: to promote the primary care needs of Wisconsin and beyond, including rural, urban, and underserved populations. Incoming students gathered with Bucky Badger at the PA program’s orientation in May 2011 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Community-Based Learning Expands The program’s community-based learning (CBL) program expanded from 6 to 9 students last year, a testament to its success and students’ increasing interest in it. The CBL program is unlike any other in the nation, allowing PA students to complete 80 to 85 percent of their training in or near the their home community—while still doing as well or better on the PA National Certifying Examination (PANCE) as than their on-campus counterparts. Rural Track Implemented The PA program implemented an optional rural track, which includes elective courses, capstones, and clinical experiences, both within the program and in collaboration with the Wisconsin Academy of Rural Medicine. Six students enrolled in this track last year. – 36 –
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE • ANNUAL REPORT 2010–2011 Additional Clinical Experiences Added As the program’s inaugural master’s class entered its clinical year, students could add a clinical preceptorship in their discipline to the required family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, and surgery rotations. The class of 2012 entered its clinical year with a white-coat ceremony As a result, the program increased outreach and site recruitment efforts to meet the need for more clinical training sites, especially in medically underserved communities or in communities with a medically underserved population. Competitive PANCE Scores Three students scored the top score that can be achieved on the PANCE exam, placing the program’s results well above the national mean. Faculty Awards In honor of their excellent performance and service to the department’s mission, Virginia Snyder, PhD, PA-C, received the DFM’s Faculty Excellence Award, and Honorie Coté, MS, PA-C, received the DFM’s Robert Drachenberg Staff Excellence Award. CAPSTONE PROJECTS ENHANCE SCHOLARSHIP PA program students continued work on capstone projects that enhance master’s-level scholarship. Projects that focused on primary care, rural, or underserved communities included: • “Providing Culturally Relevant Health Care to Somali Refugees in the Midwest” aims to help providers break down cultural barriers that prevent female Somali refugees from getting adequate health care (Breanne Krogman ’12) • “Eliminating Health Disparities by Building Community” seeks to better understand the role of community and neighborhoods in eliminating health disparities (Anna Bolha ’12) • “A Physician Assistant's Role in Improving Health Care for Amish Patients” investigates how PAs can improve care for the Amish (Erin Werner ’12) • “Physician Assistants: Impact on Healthcare Workforce, Quality of Care, Practice Economics and Quality of Professional Work Life in Wisconsin” measures key factors of PA practice in Wisconsin (Andrea Runde ’12) – 37 –
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