{"id":10849,"date":"2026-06-30T23:14:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/?p=10849"},"modified":"2026-06-30T23:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:14:59","slug":"nau-receives-grant-to-add-complex-care-unit-to-continuing-education-program-for-rural-primary-care-providers-arizona-daily-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/news\/nau-receives-grant-to-add-complex-care-unit-to-continuing-education-program-for-rural-primary-care-providers-arizona-daily-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU receives grant to add complex care unit to continuing education program for rural primary care providers | Arizona Daily Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/316\/2026\/06\/6a23068a5d056.image_.jpg\" alt=\"NAU's Department of Physician Assistant Studies.\" class=\"wp-image-10851\" style=\"width:474px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/316\/2026\/06\/6a23068a5d056.image_.jpg 750w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/316\/2026\/06\/6a23068a5d056.image_-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Arizona Daily Sun<\/em>&nbsp;recently highlighted Northern Arizona University\u2019s Department of Physician Assistant Studies after it received a three-year, $175,000 grant from the Vitalyst Health Foundation to expand its Project ECHO program. The funding will support the development of a new continuing education program focused on complex care, helping primary care providers\u2014especially those in rural communities\u2014build the knowledge and confidence to treat more complex conditions close to home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The article emphasized how NAU\u2019s Project ECHO model connects healthcare providers with interdisciplinary experts through virtual learning, guided practice, and case-based discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the full article on the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/azdailysun.com\/news\/local\/education\/nau-receives-grant-to-add-complex-care-unit-to-continuing-education-program-for-rural-primary\/article_a14eb657-3273-4656-af76-c119afd9b915.html?utm_source=second-street&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=azdailysunnewsalert&amp;emailmd5=c5fadb2ee513a28cf4d9a2a34450b0e5&amp;emailsha1=154164801281328212425023038122481742319220316598161&amp;emailsha256=f1ae668192a49f1eba6794fd54ff6481903b7c21060baed5ae9a4f94b5a4cc5a\">Arizona Daily Sun<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Arizona Daily Sun&nbsp;recently highlighted Northern Arizona University\u2019s Department of Physician Assistant Studies after it received a three-year, $175,000 grant from the Vitalyst Health Foundation to expand its Project ECHO program. The funding will support the development of a new continuing education program focused on complex care, helping primary care providers\u2014especially those in rural communities\u2014build the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2917,"featured_media":10850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-of-health-and-human-services","category-physician-assistant-studies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2917"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10852,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10849\/revisions\/10852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}