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Scholars Advise Individual Physicians on Engaging in Health Care Reform
June 22, 2010 -- Doctors remain an untapped resource in the struggle to improve our health care system. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar and her mentor offer guidance on how doctors can bring about positive change.
Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Newsroom

Affordable Care Act Provides Expanded Tax Benefit to Health Professionals Working in Underserved Areas
June 16, 2010 -- Health professionals who received student loan relief under state programs that reward those working in underserved communities may qualify for refunds on their 2009 federal income tax returns as well as an annual tax cut going forward.
Source: IRS.gov

AMA Delegates Adopt Measures to Promote Primary Care, Rural Practice
June 16, 2010 -- The AMA will begin promoting training in the patient-centered medical home as a way to encourage medical students and residents to choose a career in primary care. It will also encourage rural practice.
Source: AAFP News Now

Skills Training Helps Newcomers, Care Shortage
June 14, 2010 -- Features the Pathways to Health Care Careers Iowa grant program, which will provide for the training of 274 refugees and legal immigrants in various health care fields.
Source: Des Moines Register (IA)

Rural Physicians Still Hard to Come By
June 13, 2010 -- Focuses on Texas program which will pay up to $160,000 of the student loans for a medical school graduate who agrees to practice for a minimum of four years in a medically underserved area in Texas.
Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (TX)

Medical Schools Use Outreach Programs to Make Student Bodies More Diverse
June 8, 2010 -- Medical school officials have long said they want a broad range of backgrounds among their students, yet they have had trouble attracting more students from traditionally underrepresented groups.

HWIC added 104 news stories since the May newsletter. View all 202 news stories from the past 60 days.

Funding Opportunities

In addition to the featured Affordable Care Act workforce funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration, here are additional opportunities:

American Indians Into Psychology
Grant or contract
Funding to develop and maintain Indian psychology career recruitment programs as a means of encouraging Indians to enter the behavioral health field.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: July 23, 2010
Sponsor: Indian Health Service
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AFPPA Physician Assistant Student Scholarship
Scholarship
The Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants is pleased to offer scholarship awards to first and second year Physician Assistant Students.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: September 1, 2010
Sponsor: Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants
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AFPPA Physician Assistant Students Master's Degree Scholarships
Scholarship
The Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants is pleased to offer scholarship awards to previously graduated Physician Assistant Students who have returned to school to pursue a master's degree.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: September 1, 2010
Sponsor: Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants
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American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute Research Fellowship
Fellowship
Offers a one year research fellowship program to orient and train professionals with surgical medical training in the methods and content of health services research.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute
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Health Profession Opportunity Grants for Tribes, Tribal Organizations or Tribal College or University
Grant or contract
Cooperative agreements will support projects that are designed to provide eligible individuals with the opportunity to obtain education and training for occupations in the health care field that pay well and are expected to be in high demand.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: August 5, 2010
Sponsor: Administration for Children and Families
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Health Profession Opportunity Grants to Serve TANF Recipients and Other Low-Income Individuals
Grant or contract
Cooperative agreements will be awarded for demonstration projects that support the establishment and maintenance of training, education, and career advancement programs to address health care professions workforce needs.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: August 5, 2010
Sponsor: Administration for Children and Families
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Mental Health Dissertation Research Grant to Increase Diversity
Grant or contract
Provides funding opportunity to increase the diversity of the mental health research workforce.It will enable qualified doctoral candidates to pursue research careers in any area relevant to the research mission of the National Institute of Mental Health.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: August 24, 2010
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
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PAEA Research Grants Program
Grant or contract
The PAEA Research Grants Program offers to foster research on the characteristics of PA education or practice.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: August 1, 2010
Sponsor: Physician Assistant Education Association
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HWIC has added or updated 128 funding programs and opportunities since the May newsletter. Browse all 498 active funding and opportunities.

Resources

Aligning Incentives in Medicare
Identifies how changing Medicare payments could transform graduate medical education through supporting care coordination, primary care, and more. Discusses the restrictions Medicare faces in its ability to change payment policies.
Organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Date: 6/2010
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Health Care Shortage Designations: HPSA, MUA, and TBD
Reviews the methodologies used to identify Medically Underserved Areas and Health Professional Shortage Areas. Identifies programs that use these designations, proposals intended to improve them, and relevant key issues and challenges.
Organization: National Health Policy Forum
Author: Salinsky E
Date: 6/2010
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Primary Care Specialty Choices of United States Medical Graduates, 1997-2006
Describes trends in specialty choice and identifies what makes allopathic medical school graduates more likely to choose primary care.
Author: Jeffe DB, Whelan AJ, Andriole DA
Location: Academic Medicine, 85(6), 947-58
Date: 6/2010
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Public Health, Workforce, Quality, and Related Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
Outlines each of the provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) related to public health, health care quality, and the health workforce. Discusses the implications of these provisions for health policy.
Organization: Congressional Research Service
Date: 6/2010
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A Summary of the December 2009 Forum on the Future of Nursing: Care in the Community
Highlights the second of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative’s three forums, which was held on December 3, 2009. Examines care in the community. Focuses on community health, public health, primary care, and long-term care.
Organizations: Institute of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date: 6/2010
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U.S.-Based Recruitment of Foreign-Educated Nurses: Implications of an Emerging Industry
Examines the size and scope of the international recruitment industry for nurses, the countries in which they actively recruit, its business models, and problems.
Author: Pittman PM, Folsom AJ, Bass E
Location: American Journal of Nursing, 110(6), 38-48
Date: 6/2010
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Uniting States, Sharing Strategies: Hawaii's Innovative Ways to Educate its Nursing Workforce
Additional link: Seven part series
Part six of a seven part series. Discusses strategic partnerships with other communities that share similar goals to decrease isolation and increase educational opportunities for both students and practicing nurses.
Organizations: AARP, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Labor
Author: Lewis L
Location: The American Journal of Nursing, 110(6), 58-61
Date: 6/2010
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HWIC added 168 resources since the May newsletter. Browse all 5,383 resources.

Events

HWIC has added 28 events since the May newsletter. View the calendar of 200 upcoming events.