January 19, 2005

Fall 2004 AHEC/AHC Community Visits

Jeny Stumpf Kertz and I have written a summary of themes that emerged from the 12 community visits conducted Aug. - Dec. 2004. The document captures issues related to three themes: changing demographics, workforce development, and financing and economic development. The document has been informed not only by our observations and those shared by the many faculty that participated, but also by communities through their ongoing correspondence and engagement.

As a result of what we learned this fall, the Academic Health Center is convening a conference, Leading Change: Strategies for a Vital Health Professions Workforce, on April 14-15, 2005. Communities across the state will be invited to join the dialogue, which is designed as a action-oriented forum to encourage regional engagement to better understand and respond to factors that have an impact on the next generation of the health professions workforce of physicians, pharmacists, dentists, public health professions, nurses, veterinarians and others. We hope it will also be a venue to connect economic development strategies with plans for regional health professions workforce development. Please save the dates. More information will follow.

In the meantime, four additional community visits planned for last fall tour were postponed until the spring due to scheduling constraints. The first of those visits is St. Cloud, now scheduled for Feb. 14. These visits are an excellent opportunity to network with local communities, hear first-hand the challenges and opportunities for health professions workforce development, and demonstrate the University's commitment to health care in Greater Minnesota.

Community participants often include health care administrators, health professionals, K12 representatives, economic development authorities, chambers of commerce, local higher education academic institutions, social services, city administrators, etc.

Download summary report:


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January 9, 2005

Pharmacy Workforce

Pharmacy Workforce Web Site: Aggregate Demand Index

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Public Health Professional Workforce in Minnesota

Preliminary Results from the 2004 Local Public Health Staff Survey

View Site: Minnesota Department of Health Community Health Division

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Physician Workforce in Minnesota

Minnesota Workforce Analysis: Rural Supply and Demand
Minnesota Medicine
September 2004, Volume 87

Sally Buck, Vicki Trauba, and Ray Christensen

View site: Minnesota Medicine: www.mmaonline.net/publications

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December 22, 2004

Rural Veterinarians

Rural Veterinarians

Rural Veterinarians are in Short Supply
View Site: Minnesota Public Radio

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December 20, 2004

Workforce Presentation

Leading Change: Sustaining a Vital Health Care Workforce
Fall 2004

Barbara Brandt, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President for Education
University of Minnesota Academic Health Center

http://breeze4.umn.edu/p52489007">View Presentation
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MN Federally Designated Shortage Areas

Minnesota HPSAs -- May 2003 Primary Care Designation
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Minnesota HPSAs -- May 2003 Twin Cities Metro Primary Care Designation
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Minnesota HPSAs -- August 2003 Rural Dental Designation
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Minnesota HPSAs -- August 2003 Twin Cities Metro Dental Designation
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To learn more about Federal health professions shortage designations, visit:

Bureau of Health Professions
Health Resources and Services Administration

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Minnesota Demographics

The demographics of the state of Minnesota have and are changing. These changes will likely have an impact on the future of health care.


Minnesota Population Projections: 2000-2030
View Site: Minnesota State Demographic Center

* 2000 Minnesota Census Data
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* Minnesota gained migrants from other states in the late 1990s.

Martha McMurry
Minnesota State Demographic Center

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Student Indebtedness

As a result of recent increases in tuitions at health professions schools nationally, students are graduating with high levels of indebtedness. At this time we are uncertain about the impact on graduates of our programs. Will these debt loads have an impact on choice of professions, specialties, or decision regarding practice locations? Several recent studies explore these issues.

* Medical School Tuition and Young Physician Indebtedness

Prepared by Paul Jolly, PhD, Senior Associate Vice President, Division of Medical School Services and Studies, Association of American Medical Colleges

View Site: Association of American Medical Colleges. www.aamc.org


Annual ADEA Survey of Dental School Seniors: 2003 Graduating Class

RG Weaver, DDS, NK Haden, PhD, and RW Valachovic, DMD, MPH

View Site: American Dental Education Association. www.adea.org

* An Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Students' Educational Indebtedness and their Careers in Research

Additional information: www.aamc.org/data/aib

Di Fang, Ph.D., Manager of Demographic and Workforce Studies, Division of Biomedical and Health Sciences Research, Association of American Medical Colleges

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