Product type: presentation at The Robert Graham Center Primary Care Forum: Senate Staffer Briefing. Washington DC. March 20, 2019. Presenters: Erin Fraher, PhD Overview: Foment a Copernican Revolution: Reframe GME policy to put patients at center, not physicians Align GME Funding with Population Health Needs Address rural population’s “essential health care services” Promote generalist training… Read more »
Assessing the Value of Pediatric Graduate Medical Education in Meeting State and National Needs
Product type: policy brief from Carolina Health Workforce Research Center project “Investment in Graduate Medical Education Outcomes: An Analysis of Pediatric GME at the Residency Program Level. Authors: Thomas C. Ricketts, Erin P. Fraher, Ryan Kandrack Objectives: To assess the value of pediatric graduate medical education (GME) programs in producing the workforce needed at the… Read more »
Toward a system where workforce planning and interprofessional practice and education are designed around patients and populations not professions
Product type: manuscript in Journal of Interprofessional Care, January 2019. Authors: Fraher EP, Brandt BF Abstract: Collaboration between Brandt and Fraher grew from a desire to forge a new, joint vision for the future Current workforce planning approaches not fit for purpose to meet future challenges, and the field of IPE faces its own challenges… Read more »
Title VII funding not associated with practice outcomes in cross-sectional study of physicians graduating medical school between 2004-2010
Product type: policy brief from the Carolina Health Workforce Research Center project “Association Between Title VII Funding for Medical Schools and Physician Workforce Outcomes.” Objective: To examine the association between attending a Title VII-funded medical school and probability of practicing in primary care or underserved communities. Data/Setting: We used data from the 2016 AMA Physician Masterfile, the… Read more »
A Plasticity Approach that Recognizes Overlapping and Dynamic Scopes of Services in Team Based Models of Care
Product type: Keynote presentation to HRSA Expert Advisory Committee on Behavioral Health Workforce Modeling. Rockville MD. October 1, 2018. Presenters: Fraher E, Knapton A, Holmes GM. Overview: Many workforce models aim to answer numeric question of too many or too few health professionals We tried to address these issues by developing a model that uses… Read more »
Framing and Disseminating Nursing Workforce Research for Policy
Product type: Keynote presentation to IRGNI, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 23, 2018. Presenters: Erin Fraher, PhD Overview: We’re facing ever expanding “know-do gap” between growing body of rigorous nursing workforce and scope of practice and payment policy Getting research translated into actionable policy change requires: –Documentation of key trends requiring policy action… Read more »
Physician Projection Models: Why the Differences and Why Does It Matter?
Product type: presentation at AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference, Tysons Corner, VA., May 10, 2018 Presenters: Fraher E, Knapton, A, Kandrack, R, Holmes, M. Overview: The physician shortage narrative persists. It causes us to ask, and answer, what I think is the wrong question We developed different modeling approach to identify types of health care… Read more »
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Wage Differences by Employment Setting.
Product type: manuscript published July 2018 in Nursing Outlook. Authors: Y Li, Mark Holmes, Erin Fraher, Barbara Mark, Cherly Jones. Background: Previous studies reported that primary care nurse practitioners working in primary care settings may earn less than those working in specialty care settings. However, few studies have examined why such wage difference exists. Purpose:… Read more »
Social Work Student and Practitioner Roles in Integrated Care Settings
Product type: manuscript. Authors: Erin P.Fraher PhD, MPP, Erica Lynn Richman, PhD, MSW. Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD, MSW, Brianna Lombardi, PhD, MSW. Introduction: Social workers are increasingly being deployed in integrated medical and behavioral healthcare settings but information about the roles they fill in these settings is not well understood. This study sought to… Read more »
Training Psychologists for Rural Practice: Exploring Opportunities and Constraints
Product type: Manuscript published in The Journal of Rural Heath, April 2018. Authors: Marisa Elena Domino PhD Ching‐Ching Claire Lin PhD Joseph P. Morrissey PhD Alan R. Ellis PhD, MSW Erin Fraher PhD, MPP Erica L. Richman PhD Kathleen C. Thomas PhD Mitchell J. Prinstein PhD Purpose: To examine trends in the psychologist workforce and… Read more »
The Physician Assistant Workforce In North Carolina
This study examines the current supply of PAs in NC including demographic trends, practice locations, demand for services, and educational trends. ____________ Date: January 2018 Authors: Julie C. Spero, MSPH, Zahabiya Petiwala, MBA Suggested citation: Spero JC, Petiwala Z. The Physician Assistant Workforce In North Carolina. Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy, The… Read more »
Research on Redesigning Graduate Medical Education to Better Meet Population Health Needs
This brief summarizes research conducted by the Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy on graduate medical education (GME). Originally prepared for the U.S. House of Representative Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, this summary will benefit policymakers and other stakeholders, such as HRSA, COGME, ACGME, and states interested in reforming Medicaid GME and evaluating the outcomes… Read more »
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 »