UM-Flint received a federal grant to further prepare nurse practitioners to care for patients in underserved rural areas.
The $1.2 million Advanced Nursing Education Workforce grant will help develop and evaluate partnerships between the UM-Flint School of Nursing and several rural medical clinics and centers.
Partner clinics to date include the Alveda E. Lutz Veterans Administrative Medical Center in Saginaw, the Memorial Medical Associates in Owosso, and the Traverse Health Clinic in Traverse City.