Idaho State UniversityDepartment of Labor Workforce Development

Training FundIndustry Sector Grant

Treasure Valley Anatomy & Physiology Laboratories

(TVAPL)

July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2016

Robin Dodson, PhDPresentation to Workforce Development Council

September 4, 2014

ISU Workforce Development GoalsPhysician Assistant

Studies2 year Masters of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS)Degree Program

Date Graduates Location Yearly Cohort: August 2014 30 Pocatello

30 MeridianNew Students at College of Idaho 12 Caldwell

Projected: August 2015 & Beyond 30 Pocatello 30 Meridian 12-20 Caldwell

Physician Assistant Studies

• The MPAS Program at ISU began in 1995, has graduated 19 classes and 621 physician assistants.

• Forbes Magazine rates the MPAS degree as the No. 1 advanced degree for jobs in the country.

• Idaho Department of Labor estimates PA positions in the state will increase by more than 40 percent through 2018.

AccreditationAccredited by Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA)

ISU Physician Assistant Studies first accredited in April 1997

Standards:• Sponsorship, Accreditation, Location• Curriculum and Instruction• PA Resident Evaluation• PA Resident Health

Physician Assistant2013 Wages

National Annual Salary (median) $92,970(Range: $62,030-$130,620)http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291071.htm

Idaho Annual Salary (median) $88,483(Range: $63,710-$104,770) http://lmi.idaho.gov/Portals/13/OES/PDF/State%20of%20Idaho.pdf

Industry Sector Partners• St. Luke’s Health System• Saint Alphonsus Health System• Blue Cross of Idaho

Role of TVAPL in Education/Training• Human Cadaver Dissection• Human Patient Simulation • Virtual/Simulation Applications• Distance Learning

Manufacturers/Inventors of Medical Devices (MedTech)

The CORE – Idaho-Based Business Development in Partnership with Universities and Colleges

Continuing Education Programs (yearly)*Physician Assistants/NP*Surgeons/Physicians*Dentists*Veterinarians*Other Health Professionals

Bioskills Learning Center

Construction began June 2014Anticipated completion – January 2015

Progress on Construction

EquipmentFY15 Budgeted Expenses $141,709

Anatomage Virtual Dissection Table

3D Review Station

Televisions, Computers, and Infrastructurefor BioSkills Surgical Training Laboratory

FY16 Budgeted Expenses $170,291

Cardiac & Pulmonary Stress-testing System

30 Biopac Data Acquisition Systems

Televisions, Computers, and Infrastructurefor BioSkills Surgical Training Laboratory

Under the direction of Dr. Linda Hatzenbuehler, Vice Provost & Executive Dean, Division of Health Sciences

Positions: Laboratory Manager – Search in Progress Administrative Assistant – ISU-Meridian Reassignment IT Technician – To Be Determined *Laboratory Technician – To Be Determined *Associate Professor of Physiology

(*Funded by DOL Grant for one year in FY2016)

Personnel

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