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Grant Impact

Grantees Making an Impact

The nccPA Health Foundation believes passionately that Certified PAs are critical to ensuring high quality, accessible health care, and we challenge PAs to take the initiative to make changes to improve health, to expand access, and to reduce disparities. Those efforts are making a difference.

Partners

  • Certified PAs
  • PA Students
  • Other health professions students
  • PA Educators
  • Physicians
  • Dentists
  • Nurses
  • Dietitians
  • Teachers
  • Administrators

Project Sites

  • Big Brothers, Big Sisters
  • Community Food Bank
  • Fitness Center
  • Free Clinics
  • Health Fairs
  • Homeless Shelters
  • Hospitals
  • K-12 Schools
  • Refugee Education and Training Center
  • Ronald McDonald House
  • Universities
  • YMCA
  • Senior Citizen Center
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Outreach grantees have reached more than 37,000 community members with education, screenings, and treatment.

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Grantees are working in 30 states with a few reaching Central America, Africa, and the Caribbean.

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Outreach grantees have given more than 27,000 hours in service to their communities to impact healthcare.

Equipping 123 grantees to increase access to care and patient education

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79% of programs have included an interprofessional education or practice component.

Over $210,000 invested in the PA community to impact health.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The nccPA Health Foundation is committed to promoting the impact that PAs make on health.

  • Presentation: Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: H. Lee. PA Students May Benefit More from Earlier Mental Health Training.  February 2022. Innovations in Medical Education Online Conference.  
  • Presentation: Mental Health Outreach: H. Lee. See Something, Do Something: Our Superpower To Support Mental Health. July 2021. National Alliance on Mental Illness. Virtual NAMICon 2021. 
  • Article: Oral Health Integration: C. Sadowski, M. Aycock. Longitudinal Integration of Oral Health Training Into Physician Assistant Education. The Journal of Physician Assistant Education. March 2021;32(1):28–32.
  • Article: Mental Health Outreach: H. Lee, R Hadley. PA students may benefit more from earlier mental health training. JAAPA. December 2020;33(12):8.
  • Presentation:  Be the CHANGE: UT Southwestern Medical Center. B. Hart, A. Vasudevan, A. Garcia, P. Pagels, M. Pardo-Carillo, T. Kindratt, T. Campbell, M. Lau. Health Professions Students’ Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes Towards Transgender Healthcare.  November 2020. World Professional Association for Transgender Health.  WPATH Scientific Symposium.
  • Research Brief: Oral Health Integration: Tufts University. B. Buyea, E. Patterson, A. Ahmed. Application and Integration of an Oral Health Curriculum into PA Student Clinical Practice. October 2020. PAEA Education Forum.
  • Oral Presentation: Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: Hwal Lee, PA student.  Physician Assistant (PA) students may benefit more from earlier mental health training. September 2020. Association of Medical Educators in Europe: An International Association for Medical Education. 
  • Poster: Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: Hwal Lee, PA student, and Robert D. Hadley, PhD, PA-C.  PA students may benefit from earlier mental health training. June 2020. American Academy of PAs Annual Conference ePoster. 
  • Oral Presentation Abstract: Be the Change: P. Pagels, B. Hart, T. Kindratt, M. Lau, and V. Orcutt.  Developing a Curriculum on Transgender Healthcare for Physician Assistant Students. May 2020. Texas Educators Academies Collaborative for Health Professions Southeast Educational Symposium (TEACH-S). 
  • Poster: Be the CHANGE: Melissa Gorman, Tori McNichols, Jessica Scurto, and Josh Knox, MA, PA-C.  Bridging the Gap:  A Solution to Health Literacy Disparity. April 2020. Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants Virtual Spring CME Conference. 
  • Poster: Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: Hwal Lee, PA student and Robert D. Hadley, PhD, PA-C.  PA students may benefit from earlier mental health training. April 2020. Radford University Student Engagement Forum.           
  • Poster: Be the CHANGE: Emily Hedley, MSM, PA-C, partnering with Great Lakes Plastic Surgery Center, PC. Sunscreen for Traverse City. October 2019. Michigan Academy of Physician Assistants. Acme, Michigan.
  • Poster: Mental Health Outreach: Radford University. H. Lee. Training 52 Mental Health First Aiders in the Roanoke Valley. November 2019. Virginia Rural Health Voice Conference. Martinsville, Virginia.
  • Poster: Oral Health Integration: Tufts University. B. Buyea, K. Campbell, Z. Natto, J. Park, E. Patterson. Oral Health Education for Physician Assistant Students: An Interprofessional Curriculum. November 2019. American Public Health Association Conference. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Poster: Be the CHANGE: Seton Hall University. M. Bruza-Augatis, V. Rodriguez. Mobilizing Physician Assistants: Educational and Professional Outreach to Underserved Urban Communities. October 2019. New York State Society of Physician Assistants. Albany, New York.
  • Poster: Oral Health Integration: Wichita State University. C. Rodgers, L. Hale. Incorporation of Smiles for Life: A National Oral Health Curriculum into a Physician Assistant Education Curriculum at Wichita State University. October 2019. PAEA Education Forum. Washington, D.C.
  • Poster: Mental Health Outreach: University of Pittsburgh. C. Rodgers, E. Pham, D. Beck Suicide Prevention for At-Risk Patients. October 2019. Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants Conference. Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
  • Article: Be the CHANGE: Emory University. Emory PA Students Celebrate National Farmworker Awareness Week and Prepare for June Outreach. October 2019. Georgia Association of Physician Assistants.
  • Article: Oral Health Outreach: T. Bui, T. Kindratt, S. Reddy, and P. Pagels. UT Southwestern. Promoting Oral Health through Manager Training and Dental Referral at a Student-Run Homeless Shelter Clinic. August 2019. Journal of Student-Run Clinics.
  • Article: Be the CHANGE: SSM Healthy Family Medicine Clinic. J. Hegben. Family Medicine Clinic Adopts a Program for the Books. May 2019. Reach Out and Read Wisconsin.
  • Poster: Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: Marquette University. Urban Partnerships to Address Health Literacy in Low-Income Adults. May 2019. American Academy of PAs Conference. Denver, Colorado.
  • Article: Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: Marquette University. Knox J, Vuyk A, Keller A. Urban Partnerships to Address Health Literacy in High Need Populations. Metropolitan University Journal. 2019;30(2):84-94.
  • Poster: Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: Poster presentation at 2019 Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit. HEALing Health Literacy at Two Urban Low-Income Clinics: A Sharper View Through the Lens of Health Literacy. Madison, WI. April 2, 2019.
  • Presentation: Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: Marquette University. A. Keller. Urban Partnerships to Address Health Literacy in Low-Income and Homeless Adults. October 2018. Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Conference. Chicago, Illinois.
  • Poster: Oral Health Integration: Tufts University. B. Buyea, K. Campbell, Z. Natto, J. Park, E. Patterson. Oral Health Integration into PA Curriculum: A Novel Interprofessional Model. October 2018. PAEA Education Forum. Anaheim, California.
  • Presentation: Oral Health Integration:  Mercer University College of Health Professions. M. Aycock and C. Sadowski.  PA Student Perceptions of Oral Health Education Training. July 2018. Georgia Association of Physician Assistants Summer Conference. San Destin, Florida. 
  • Poster: Be the CHANGE:  St. Catherine’s University. L. Huset and T. Rick.  Promoting Early Recognition of Breast Cancer in Tanzania. June 2018. American Academy of PAs Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana. 
  • Poster:  Oral Health Integration:  Tufts University. K. Campbell, B. Buyea, Z. Natto, J. Park, E. Patterson. Interprofessional Model to Integrate Oral Health into Physician Assistant Training. March 2018. American Dental Education Association Conference. Orlando, Florida.
  • Poster:  Oral Health Outreach: Wichita State University. B. Gliem and E. Bigler. Physician Assistant Students Supporting Integration of Oral Health Now (PASSION). March 2018. Kansas Capitol Graduate Research Summit. Topeka, Kansas.
  • Poster: Oral Health Outreach:  University of Texas Southwestern.  T. Bui, S. Reddy, P. Pagels, T. Kindratt. Promoting Oral Health Education Through Student Manager Training and Dental Referral. February 2018. Society of Student Run Free Clinics Conference. Omaha, Nebraska.
  • Poster:  Be the CHANGE: Bryant University. J. Desrosiers, M. Macomber, T. Bales, C. Woods, D. Rosales, R. Roman, B. Veliz, C. Estrada, V. Monroe, A. De Groot. Making an IMPACT on Diabetes Treatment in a Low Socioeconomic Population through the Creation of a PA Student Run Diabetes Clinic in Providence, RI. February 2018. Society of Student Run Free Clinics Conference.  Omaha, Nebraska.
  • Presentation.  Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: Marquette University.  J. Knox. The HEAL Program. March 2018. Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants Conference. Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
  • Poster:  Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: Pocatello Free Clinic.  C. Bunde, C. Ceci, M. Hong, A. Mirly. Texting for Mental Health: A Pilot Student Using Technology and Interdisciplinary Care in the Free Clinic Setting. October 2017. Idaho Public Health Association Collaborating for Health Conference. Boise, Idaho.
  • Poster:  Oral Health Integration:  University of California, Davis. G. Kayingo. Project iFloss:  Integrating Oral Health and Primary Care through an Interprofessional Service Learning Module. May 2017. American Academy of PAs Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Poster: Oral Health Integration:  Northern Arizona University. M. DiBaise and E. Babcock. The Impact of Longitudinal Outreach Activities on Physician Assistant Students’ Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes of Oral Health.  May 2017.  American Academy of PAs Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Presentation:  Oral Health Integration:  Northern Arizona University. M. DiBaise and E. Babcock. Say Ahhhh! Lessons Learned on Oral Health Integration throughout Didactic Curriculum.  June 2016. Western Consortium PAs Meeting.  Hillsboro, Oregon.