Technical assistance is available to applicants on an individual basis. The assistance includes recruitment, preliminary education to facilitate entry and retention, and counseling and advice on financial aid. Preliminary education may include summer programs for secondary school students who have completed their junior year. The division is very interested in proposals which address regional efforts to establish a health education continuum to train disadvantaged students through a comprehensive model beginning at the secondary school level. An emphasis on common goals, coordinated activities, and articulated curriculum among the educational institution is encouraged.
Technical assistance is provided through workshops and individual consultation.
Proposals for new projects are due January 30,1998. Division of Medicine Physician Assistant Training projects enable public or non-profit private health or educational institutions to develop and operate accredited programs to train physician assistants and to prepare faculty to teach in such programs. Technical assistance is available through workshops and contact with staff. Interdisciplinary Training for Health Care for Rural Areas grants are awarded for interdisciplinary modes of cost effective health care practice. Applications should be submitted by collaborating educational and health care provider agencies.