Top Stories

To Blunt Nurse Shortage, Hospitals Must Address Nurse Turnover
November 25, 2009 -- With 100,000 nursing positions currently unfilled and the shortage expected to climb to 340,000 nurses by 2020, healthcare systems need a strategy to reduce nurse turnover.
Source: Healthcare Finance News

Doctors Urge a Focus on Geriatrics
November 20, 2009 -- The American Geriatrics Society is proposing that elder care be added to the list of six core areas that comprise medical school training, the Boston Globe reports.
Source: The Boston Globe

Medical, Nursing Schools Need to Work Together
November 18, 2009 -- The nation's medical schools and nursing programs should alter their curriculum to promote a team-based care model, recommended experts speaking at a recent summit sponsored by New England Healthcare Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Source: Healthcare Finance News

Doctor Shortage is Worsening, Say Hospital CEOs
November 17, 2009 -- Physician shortages are much more on hospital leaders’ minds these days than shortages of nurses or allied health professionals, a new AMN Healthcare survey of 285 hospital chief executive officers shows.
Source: BNet

Primary Care's Image Problem
November 16, 2009 -- While 50 years ago half of all physicians were in primary care, almost three quarters are now specialists.
Source: The New York Times

Med Schools Offer Doses of New Reality
November 12, 2009 -- U.S. medical schools throughout the country are changing their curriculum to better reflect the realities of the current practice environment.
Source: The Washington Post

Nurse-Physician Conflicts are Widespread, Survey Suggests
November 11, 2009 -- A new survey from the American College of Physician Executives suggests that nearly every nurse and physician has witnessed or experienced behavioral problems among colleagues in the workplace across the past year, Modern Healthcare reports.
Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

California Licensing Backlog Keeping Doctors from Starting Jobs
November 9, 2009 -- The state medical society has sued, saying three-day furloughs each month are causing the medical board's delays in issuing licenses.
Source: American Medical Association

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Funding Opportunities

AHIMA Foundation Merit Scholarships
Scholarship
The Merit Scholarships offers scholarships to students currently enrolled in accredited health information management programs.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: April 30, 2010
Sponsor: AHIMA Foundation
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Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals in Health Care
Grant or contract
Funding to rapidly create health information technology (HIT) academic programs at community colleges and to expand existing programs.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: January 22, 2010; Letter of Intent: January 6, 2010
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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PAEA Student Writing Competition
Award (monetary)
The PAEA Student Writing Competition is a writing contest on topics related to clinical medicine, geared specifically to recognize papers authored by PA students.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: February 15, 2010
Sponsor: Physician Assistant Education Association
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Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Loan repayment
Borrowers may qualify for forgiveness of the remaining balance due on their eligible federal student loans after they have made 120 payments on those loans under certain repayment plans while employed full time by certain public service employers.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
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Summer Medical and Dental Education Program
Educational opportunity
A free six-week summer academic enrichment program that offers freshman and sophomore college students intensive and personalized medical and dental school preparation.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: March 1, 2010
Sponsors: American Dental Education Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Resources

2009 State Physician Workforce Data Book
Examines the active physician and primary care physician supply in each state, current medical school enrollment, physicians in graduate medical education programs, and in-state retention rates. Includes data charts and tables for all 50 states with age, gender, and international medical school graduate data, in addition to national averages.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies
Date: 11/2009
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Addressing Racial Disparities in Health Care: A Targeted Action Plan for Academic Medical Centers
Reviews the literature on disparities related to ethnicity and race. Identifies how academic medical centers can address disparities.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Author: Sequist, T.D.
Date: 10/2009
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The Aging of Full-time U.S. Medical School Faculty: 1967-2007
Charts trends related to the average age of medical school faculty.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Author: Alexander, H., Qi Liu, C.
Date: 10/2009
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Expanding the Primary Care Workforce: An Essential Element of Health Care Reform
Discusses the need for primary care providers, health care shortages, and health care reform.
Organization: Center for American Progress
Author: Whelan, E.
Date: 11/2009
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New and Developing Medical Schools: Motivating Factors, Major Challenges, Planning Strategies
Provides case studies of institutions that have announced an intent to start new medical schools, some of which have enrolled their first class of students. Discusses challenges of establishing a new school and methods to address those challenges. Also covers important trends that may affect the organizational structure of medical schools in the future.
Organization: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation
Author: Whitcomb, M.
Date: 10/2009
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Events

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