AUGUSTA, Ga. —
Georgia Regents University and Albany State University are exploring plans to establish a health professions program in Albany, Ga. The GRU College of Allied Health Sciences and the College of Science & Health Professions at ASU will collaborate with the goal of producing a more diverse physician assistant workforce for Georgia. As a first step, officials from both universities will work together to further explore plans to expand educational opportunities for students in Southwest Georgia.
“As the state’s academic medical center, we are committed to the expansion of health professions education and workforce development for the state of Georgia,” said GRU President Ricardo Azziz. “This type of relationship could allow us to leverage our combined academic and clinical resources to produce more health professionals for the region and better serve the citizens of Southwest Georgia.”
“This relationship brings great potential to expand our academic portfolio, to produce better trained African-American physician assistants for our city and for our state,” said ASU President Everette J. Freeman. “As one of the nation’s historically black institutions, my hope is that this collaboration may someday assist in the creation of a more diverse workforce for Georgia and a better experience for our students.”
Albany is also headquarters for the Georgia Regents University, Medical College of Georgia Southwest Georgia Clinical Campus, which provides training opportunities for third- and fourth-year medical students in partnership with Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Established in 2010, the campus is part of the university’s strategy to address the statewide physician shortage.
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February 23, 2013
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