Rural Community Medicine Rotation农村社区医学旋转.pptVIP

Rural Community Medicine Rotation  Physician Assistant Program Roanoke, VA Wilton Kennedy, DHSc, PA-C, Program Director Vicki Bierman, MSW, MSN, FNP-BC, Community Medicine Coordinator WHO ARE WE? Jefferson College of Health Sciences (JCHS) is a private, health sciences college in Roanoke, Virginia. The school was founded in 1914 and awards associate, baccalaureate and masters degrees, and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. With a 83 year history of providing medical training and education, the school established a Physician Assistant (PA) program in 1997. JCHS is now integrated with Carilion Clinic, one of the largest health systems in Virginia. In the last two years the class size has increased from 30 to 40 students. In 2008, the program accepted the first class to receive a graduate degree of Master of Science in Physician Assistant. To develop student leadership skills, community health competencies, and to promote improved health outcomes in rural communities Community Medicine Rotation Purpose Rotation Objectives Provide: Health Promotion Disease Prevention Programs to gain skills in community education utilizing health indicators from Healthy People 2010 Biopsychosocial assessments with chronic disease patients Support for patient self-management during clinic visits community programs Literacy culturally appropriate patient education counseling for those at risk for disease or have chronic disease 5. Identify socio-cultural determinants of health for a rural community assessment of health needs 6. Collaborate communicate with other health professionals, providers, community agencies for effective disease management 7. Use a patient-centered, cross-cultural treatment approach with chronic disease patients Caring for Communities Federal and local grants have been received since 2001 to fund the PA Caring for Communities community rotation. All clinical