Integrated Substance Use Disorder Training Program (ISTP)

PA Postgraduate Program at a Glance

• Specialty: Addiction Medicine
• Location: Iowa City, IA
• Accreditation: Not ARC-PA Accredited
• Program length: 12
• Positions per year: 2 per year
• Stipend / salary: Check program website
• Benefits: “Each position includes a stipend plus fringe benefits.”
• Credential awarded: Check program website
• Eligibility: PA-eligible, quoted verbatim from the programme’s own page: “The University of Iowa’s Integrated Substance Use Disorder Training program (ISTP) aims to increase the number of addiction medicine specialty-trained nurse practitioners and physician assistants. This program will train two practitioners annually. Each position includes a stipend plus fringe benefits.” Materials: CV, headshot, personal statement, 2 letters of recommendation to [email protected].
• Application deadline: Not published. The page reads “APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW” but links to a University of Iowa jobs posting that has expired. No deadline date is published.
• How to apply: Direct application by email. No match.
• Start date: Check program website
• Setting & rotations: 13 consecutive 4-week blocks: 4 blocks Addiction Medicine Consult Service, 1 consultation-liaison psychiatry, 6 outpatient/community mental-health and SUD, 2 elective.

Not ARC-PA accredited — which is normal for PA postgraduate programs and is not a mark against this one. This specific program is not separately listed in APPAP’s member directory; verify current status with the program.

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