How Data and Evidence Can (and Should!) Inform Scope of Practice

April 9, 2018 Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Julie Spero, MSPH; Ryan Kandrack, BS; Katie Gaul, MA Presentation to the North Carolina Institute of Medicine Legislative Health Policy Fellows           Presentation Overview Our frame: objective, “data agitating” workforce researchers Scope of practice (SOP) battles are emerging with increased frequency due to concerns about shortages, rising health… Read more »

The Sheps Center Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy: Providing evidence to support health workforce policy in North Carolina

March 13, 2018 Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Julie Spero, MSPH; Evan Galloway, MPS; Katie Gaul, MA; Ryan Kandrack, BS Presentation to the Academic Steering Leadership Group, UNC Health Sciences at Mountain AHEC           Presentation Overview The Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy has a long history of using data and research to shape rural… Read more »

Challenges and Opportunities Facing the North Carolina Health Workforce

March 2, 2018 Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Julie Spero, MSPH; Tom Ricketts PhD, MPH; Evan Galloway, MPS; Katie Gaul, MA Presentation to the North Carolina Health Deans           Presentation Overview Sheps Center houses health workforce data and expertise that are invaluable to UNC System and state policy makers Allied health workforce studies were funded in… Read more »

Evaluation of a Potential New Health Sciences School at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke to Meet the Needs of the Region and State

The 2017 State Appropriations Act directed the Board of Governors (BOG) of the University of North Carolina (UNC) to study the feasibility of establishing a School of Health Sciences and Health Care at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNC-P). The Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy conducted a study that examined the… Read more »

North Carolina’s Physician Training Programs Are Not Producing the Workforce Needed to Meet Population Health Needs

February 12, 2018 Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Presentation to the Joint Oversight Subcommittee on Medical Education Programs and Medical Residency Programs, North Carolina General Assembly Presentation Overview Goal of this presentation: provide data on workforce outcomes of GME training requested in S.L. 2017-57, Sec. 11J.2 (SB 257, Sec. 11J.2) North Carolina doesn’t face an overall… Read more »

Workforce Outcomes of North Carolina Medical School Graduates: A Report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee

North Carolina Session Law 2017-57, Section 11J.2, the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2017, directed the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and The University of North Carolina (UNC) to assess the degree to which physician training programs in North Carolina meet the healthcare needs of North Carolina’s citizens. The Program on… Read more »

Working on the Interprofessional Team: Barriers and Facilitators to Social Worker Practice in Integrated Care Settings

January 14, 2018 Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD; Brianna M. Lombardi, MSW; Erica L. Richman, PhD Poster presentation at the 2018 Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference           Overview Aims: (1) To provide an enhanced description of social workers in interprofessional practice and (2) To identify barriers and facilitators to social workers’ role as… Read more »

The Chiropractic Workforce In North Carolina and a Potential School of Chiropractic Medicine at Winston-Salem State University

The 2017 State Appropriations Act directed the Board of Governors (BOG) of the University of North Carolina (UNC) to study the feasibility of establishing a school of chiropractic medicine at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU). The Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy conducted a study of the supply and characteristics of chiropractors in North Carolina… Read more »

Health Workforce Trends and Challenges in North Carolina and the United States

December 7, 2017 Julie Spero, MSPH; Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP Presentation to the North Carolina Statewide AHEC Conference Presentation Overview Current workforce trends in the US & NC Nurse Education Medical School and Residency Big picture health system change: What does it mean for the workforce? This work was supported by the NC AHEC Program.

The Accountable Care Workforce in North Carolina

December 7, 2017 Erica Richman, PhD, MSW; Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD, MSW; Brianna Lombardi, MSW Presentation to the North Carolina Statewide AHEC Conference Presentation Overview What is an Accountable Care Workforce? Social determinants of health Shifting existing roles and adding new boundary-spanning roles Examples of Accountable Care Workforce partnerships in NC How can we… Read more »