Primary Care Training and Enhancement-Language and Disability Access (PCTE-LDA)

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This program, short title PCTE-LDA, will provide grants to develop curricula and train medical students, physician assistant students, and primary care medical residents to provide high quality primary care services to individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) and/or individuals with physical disabilities, and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) with goals of improving health outcomes for these populations. Priority will be given to applicants who can demonstrate that they train residents in rural areas and tribal communities.

Program goals:

1. Increase the number of primary care trainees (medical students, or physician assistant students, or medical residents) who are trained to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate care and services to individuals with LEP, individuals with physical disabilities, and/or IDD
2. Develop and implement a culturally competent didactic and clinical curriculum to educate primary care trainees, faculty, and preceptors to care for individuals with LEP, individuals with physical disabilities, and/or IDD
3. Provide opportunities for clinical training in community-based settings where medical students, physician assistant students, and medical residents can care for individuals with LEP, individuals with physical, and/or IDD

Focus Areas:

Language Assistance for Individuals with LEP - Trainees may participate in medical language immersion programs, and training should incorporate language resources available to residents in the program, including language immersion courses, language applications/software, language tools, and community resources. Residents and Physician Assistant (PA) students would be required to participate in a minimum two-month clinical rotation that provides healthcare services for individuals with LEP. Medical students would be required to participate in a minimum two-week clinical rotation.

Care for Individuals with Physical Disabilities and/or IDD - Supports primary care residents in developing culturally competent skills in providing care to individuals with physical and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities. Residents and PA students would be required to participate in a minimum two-month clinical rotation that provides healthcare services for individuals with physical disabilities and/or IDD. Medical students would be required to participate in a minimum two-week clinical rotation.

Eligible applicants include:

• Accredited public and nonprofit private hospitals
• Schools of allopathic or osteopathic medicine
• Academically accredited affiliated physician assistant training program
• Accredited residency training programs in family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, or combined general internal medicine and general pediatrics ("med-peds")
• Tribes and tribal organizations
• Public and private nonprofit entities that are capable of carrying out such a grant

Award ceiling: $400,000 per year for one focus area and $600,000 per year for both focus areas
Project period: 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 16
Estimated total program funding: $8,150,000

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.