The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has been awarded a $4.75 million federal grant to continue improving health care access in rural Arkansas by training and retaining primary care physicians.
The grant will fund a new accelerated three-year M.D. program – the first and only such program in Arkansas accordign to UAMS – at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville. The grant will also be used to upgrade student education equipment on the main campus and at clinical training sites.
The M.D. program began in July and can accommodate up to 20 students per year.
The grant —i from the Health Resources and Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services —i comes in the third year of another four-year medical student education grant.
UAMS also received $4.6 million in 2019, followed by another $2.83 million in 2020, to enhance its medical student education as part of the Arkansas Medical Education Primary Care Partnerships project.
The project to improve access to health care statewide is a partnership between the UAMS College of Medicine, UAMS Regional Campuses, the UAMS Department of Family & Preventive Medicine and the UAMS Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
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