California HealthCare Foundation’s Dr. Mark Smith discusses medical education, health care costs and the national standardization of health care workforce policies.
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Read MoreThe third report in a series from the AAMC Holistic Review Project to help medical schools implement practices to meet diversity goals:
Authors Needed for MedEdPORTAL® DREAM Collection
May 17, 2013 — MedEdPORTAL Publications is seeking authors to provide analysis of assessment measures used in health sciences education for the DREAM (Directory and Repository of Educational Assessment Measures) collection.
Source: MedEdPORTAL
This health policy report in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses the growing physician shortage, progress implementing IOM recommendations related to nursing, and variations in state scope of practice law for advanced practice nurses:
Doctors Transform How They Practice Medicine
May 15, 2013 — Article focuses on how doctors are changing how they work in response to turmoil in the health care system.
Source: Kaiser Health News
Presenters include upcoming May Health Workforce News interviewee Joanne Spetz, who also contributed to HWIC’s Supply and Demand guide:
First Analysis of Dental Therapists Finds Increase in Access for Children, Low-Income Adults
May 14, 2013 — A new report assessing the economic viability of services provided by practicing midlevel dental providers in the U.S. shows that they are expanding preventive dental care to people who need it most: children and those who can’t afford care.
Source: Science Codex