Brescia University announced its potential Physician Assistant Program at the September Greater Owensboro Chamber Rooster Booster meeting. This developing program is a partnership between the University, HealthForce Kentucky, and Owensboro Health. Brescia University Physician Assistant Program has applied for Accreditation – Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). Brescia University Physician Assistant Program anticipates matriculating its first class in August 2026, pending achieving Accreditation…

The director of internal operations for HealthForce Kentucky said the organization intends to award a construction contract for its planned Frederica Street training center in time to start work at the facility next month. Bruce Williams, the organization’s internal operations director, said the hope is to have the building ready for occupancy by next fall.

HealthForce 1, a mobile education lab, will visit Western Kentucky University (WKU), on Monday, April 15th. HealthForce 1 features many teaching tools, including a simulation environment of a hospital setting with manikin simulators, an Anatomage table, 3D zSpace laptop computers, an immersive simulation room, and a synthetic cadaver.

HealthForce One, a mobile technology center through the HealthForce Kentucky Program, was available for students to explore at the Winter Community Pep Rally on the HCMS/HCHS Campus Monday, November 27th. The mobile center offers simulations for a hands-on experience with real feature cadavers, 3D anatomy and more.

Officials with HealthForce Kentucky, a multi-county health care careers training initiative, unveiled their mobile medical facility Thursday morning at the Owensboro Convention Center. “HealthForce 1” will be a place where students training for careers in medicine can get hands-on experience using advanced technology, in a setting that resembles a hospital or medical office.