MISSION: TO EDUCATE FOR VA AND THE NATION


The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educates and trains health professionals to enhance quality and timely access to health care for Veterans. As one of four statutory missions — to educate for VA and the nation, and in accordance with the landmark 1946 Policy Memorandum No. 2, VA has conducted health professions education and training in partnership with affiliated U.S. academic institutions for the past 75 years.


Title 38 U.S.C. Section 7302 mandates that VA assist in carrying out a “program of education and training of health personnel” for VA and the nation. Overseen by the Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA), this mandate spurred significant growth in the depth and breadth of health professions education in VA, making VA the largest provider of health professions education and training and second largest funder of graduate medical education in the United States.


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OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS


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