AETC Education for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
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T h i s f u n d i n g o p p o r t u n i t y a n n o u n c e m e n t ( F O A ) s o l i c i t s a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r t h e A I D S E d u c a t i o n a n d T r a i n i n g C e n t e r s ( A E T C ) E d u c a t i o n f o r N u r s e P r a c t i t i o n e r s ( N P ) a n d P h y s i c i a n A s s i s t a n t s ( P A ) p r o g r a m . � T h e i n t e n t i o n o f t h i s f u n d i n g o p p o r t u n i t y i s t o e s t a b l i s h n u r s e p r a c t i t i o n e r a n d p h y s i c i a n a s s i s t a n t H I V / A I D S p r i m a r y c a r e e d u c a t i o n p r o g r a m s d e s i g n e d t o t r a i n n u r s e p r a c t i t i o n e r s a n d p h y s i c i a n a s s i s t a n t s i n H I V / A I D S c a r e a n d t r e a t m e n t . � S e v e r a l i m p o r t a n t c h a n g e s i n t h e U . S . p o p u l a t i o n w i l l b o t h i n c r e a s e f u t u r e d e m a n d f o r h e a l t h c a r e a n d a f f e c t t h e a d e q u a c y o f t h e f u t u r e h e a l t h c a r e w o r k f o r c e t o m e e t t h a t d e m a n d . � T h e s e d e m o g r a p h i c c h a n g e s i n c l u d e : � ( 1 ) g r o w t h i n t h e g e n e r a l p o p u l a t i o n , ( 2 ) i n c r e a s e s i n t h e r a c i a l / e t h n i c d i v e r s i t y o f t h e p o p u l a t i o n , ( 3 ) c h a n g e s i n t h e a g e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t h e p o p u l a t i o n t h r o u g h t h e a g i n g o f t h e � b a b y b o o m e r � g e n e r a t i o n , a n d ( 4 ) c h a n g e s i n t h e g e n d e r d i s t r i b u t i o n o f h e a l t h c a r e p r o v i d e r s ( D i l l a n d S a l s b u r g 2 0 0 8 ; S a l s b e r g a n d G r o v e r 2 0 0 6 ; S m a l a r z e t a l . 2 0 0 7 ; C e n t e r f o r W o r k f o r c e S t u d i e s 2 0 0 5 ) T h e g r e a t e s t g r o w t h i n d e m a n d f o r � n u r s e p r a c t i t i o n e r s a n d p h y s i c i a n a s s i s t a n t s h a s b e e n i n p r i m a r y c a r e . � T h e d e m a n d f o r n u r s e p r a c t i t i o n e r s a n d p h y s i c i a n a s s i s t a n t s i s l i k e l y t o c o n t i n u e t o i n c r e a s e a s c l i n i c a l t a s k s a r e s h i f t e d f r o m p h y s i c i a n s t o n u r s e p r a c t i t i o n e r s a n d p h y s i c i a n a s s i s t a n t s . . T h e n u m b e r o f n u r s e p r a c t i t i o n e r s a n d p h y s i c i a n a s s i s t a n t s i s l i k e l y t o g r o w i n f u t u r e y e a r s ( M a t h e m a t i c a P o l i c y R e s e a r c h , 2 0 0 9 ) � I t i s c r i t i c a l l y i m p o r t a n t t h a t n u r s e p r a c t i t i o n e r a n d p h y s i c i a n a s s i s t a n t s t u d e n t s h a v e t h e m e a n s a n d o p p o r t u n i t y t o r e c e i v e H I V / A I D S t r a i n i n g i n o r d e r t o g r a d u a t e r e a d y t o p r o v i d e H I V / A I D S p r i m a r y c a r e . � � T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l s t u d i e s w h i c h s u g g e s t t h a t t h e q u a l i t y o f H I V - r e l a t e d p r i m a r y c a r e p r o v i d e d b y n u r s e p r a c t i t i o n e r s a n d p h y s i c i a n a s s i s t a n t s i s s i m i l a r t o t h a t p r o v i d e d b y p h y s i c i a n s . O n e s t u d y ( W i l s o n e t a l . 2 0 0 5 ) s u g g e s t e d t h a t , u n d e r a p p r o p r i a t e c o n d i t i o n s , n u r s e p r a c t i t i o n e r s a n d p h y s i c i a n a s s i s t a n t s w h o f o c u s o n H I V c a r e a n d h a v e h i g h H I V c a s e l o a d s c a n f u n c t i o n a s l e a d H I V c l i n i c i a n s a n d p r o v i d e c a r e e q u a l t o o r b e t t e r t h a n c a r e p r o v i d e d b y p h y s i c i a n s . N O T E : � P h y s i c i a n a s s i s t a n t s a l w a y s w o r k i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h a n d a r e s u p e r v i s e d b y a p h y s i c i a n . � � C o m b i n e d w i t h t h e s a l a r y d i f f e r e n t i a l a n d s h o r t e r p e r i o d o f e d u c a t i o n a n d t r a i n i n g f o r � c l i n i c i a n s s u c h a s n u r s e p r a c t i t i o n e r s a n d p h y s i c i a n a s s i s t a n t s , i n c r e a s i n g t h e i r r o l e i n t h e d e l i v e r y o f h e a l t h c a r e s e r v i c e s h a s t h e p o t e n t i a l t o r e d u c e b o t h p h y s i c i a n w o r k l o a d s a n d c o s t s w i t h o u t s a c r i f i c i n g o u t c o m e s . N u r s e p r a c t i t i o n e r s a n d p h y s i c i a n a s s i s t a n t s w i l l b e n e e d e d t o f i l l g a p s i n g e o g r a p h i c a r e a s t h a t e x p e r i e n c e d i f f i c u l t y r e c r u i t i n g a n d r e t a i n i n g p h y s i c i a n s , s u c h a s r u r a l a r e a s a n d i n n e r - c i t y c l i n i c s s e r v i n g p r e d o m i n a n t l y u n d e r i n s u r e d a n d u n i n s u r e d p a t i e n t p o p u l a t i o n s . A d d i t i o n a l l y , h e a l t h c a r e w o r k f o r c e a n a l y s e s p r o j e c t i n a d e q u a t e n u m b e r s o f p r i m a r y c a r e p r o v i d e r s t o s a t i s f y t h e n a t i o n � s n e e d f o r s e r v i c e s . B e t w e e n 2 0 0 6 a n d 2 0 2 5 , t h e d e m a n d f o r p h y s i c i a n s i s p r o j e c t e d t o r i s e b y 8 % , f r o m 2 2 8 t o 2 4 6 p h y s i c i a n s p e r 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e , a n d t h e s u p p l y i s p r o j e c t e d t o d e c l i n e b y 8 % , f r o m 2 2 8 t o 2 1 0 f u l l t i m e p h y s i c i a n e q u i v a l e n t s p e r 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e ( D a l l , S a l s b e r g . � T h e C o m p l e x i t i e s o f P h y s i c a n S u p p l y a n d D e m a n d . � A s s o c i a t i o n o f A m e r i c a n M e d i c a l C o l l e g e s : � C e n t e r f o r W o r k f o r c e S t u d i e s . N o v e m b e r 2 0 0 8 ; 2 5 - 2 6 ) . T h e p u r p o s e o f t h i s F O A , w h i c h t i e s d i r e c t l y t o t h e s h o r t a g e o f p r i m a r y h e a l t h c a r e p r o v i d e r s i n H I V / A I D S c a r e i n t h e U . S . , i s t o f u n d a c c r e d i t e d s c h o o l s / p r o g r a m s t o t r a i n � f a c u l t y � t h a t t e a c h H I V / A I D S a n d p r i m a r y c a r e s e r v i c e s f o r p a t i e n t s w i t h H I V / A I D S t o n u r s e p r a c t i t i o n e r a n d p h y s i c i a n a s s i s t a n t s t u d e n t s . � � S e c t i o n 2 6 9 2 ( 4 2 U . S . C . � 3 0 0 f f - 1 1 1 , 1 - B ) o f t h e P u b l i c H e a l t h S e r v i c e A c t g i v e s t h e a u t h o r i t y f o r t h i s f u n d i n g o p p o r t u n i t y . � T h e f u n d s w i l l s u p p o r t d e v e l o p m e n t a l w o r k t o w a r d e x p a n d i n g e x i s t i n g a c c r e d i t e d p r i m a r y c a r e n u r s e p r a c t i t i o n e r a n d p h y s i c i a n a s s i s t a n t p r o g r a m s t o i n c l u d e H I V c o u r s e s i n t h e c u r r i c u l u m . � N u r s e p r a c t i t i o n e r s t u d
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- PostedJan 24, 2013
- ClosesMar 22, 2013
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