Top Stories

Report: Too Few Minority Doctors After Decades Of Discrimination
January 29, 2010 -- Although the number of minorities in the medical profession has risen in recent years, decades of discrimination still leaves them drastically underrepresented in the field, as chronicled in a new report.
Source: Medical News Today

Give Kids a Smile Day is February 5
January 25, 2010 -- Almost 12,700 dentists and 36,000 other dental team members and lay volunteers will be providing care to kids in need through GKAS programs on February 5, 2010.
Source: ADA News

Informatics Careers Take Shape in Translational and Clinical Research
January 22, 2010 -- Translational and clinical research informatics "are just solidifying as fields, and there's a lot of work out there to be done, a lot of opportunities."
Source: CTSciNet

Do You Have the ‘Right Stuff’ to Be a Doctor?
January 15, 2010 -- Discusses personality testing as a tool for predicting success in medical school.
Source: The New York Times

Four New Medical Schools Welcome Charter Classes
January 14, 2010 -- Answering calls to expand the U.S. physician workforce, four new allopathic medical schools (in PA, FL, and TX) seated their first classes last fall. The schools aim at introducing students to family medicine and primary care.
Source: AAFP News Now

For Severely Ill Children, a Dearth of Doctors
January 12, 2010 -- A growing shortage of pediatricians trained in specialties such as neurology, gastroenterology, and developmental and behavioral medicine is threatening timely access to care for children, according to pediatric medical groups.
Source: The Wall Street Journal

New Nurses Feel Unprepared to Focus on Quality Improvement
January 8, 2010 -- Although nursing administrators and other healthcare leaders have placed a strong emphasis on quality improvement, many new nurses enter the profession feeling "poorly" or "very poorly" prepared by their nursing education programs.
Source: Nurse Zone

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Funding Opportunities

2010 Sherry R. Arnstein Minority Student Scholarship
Scholarship
Offers scholarship for two osteopathic underrepresented minority students at AACOM's member colleges of osteopathic medicine (at least one newly accepted student and at least one continuing student).
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: March 31, 2010
Sponsor: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
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AAPA/PAEA Research Grants Program
Grant or contract
The AAPA/PAEA Research Grants Program encourages research on the PA profession, particularly in the areas of the profession's contribution to the healthcare workforce.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: February 27, 2010
Sponsor: Physician Assistant Education Association
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AOF Educator of the Year Award
Award (honorary)
Honors an individual who not only emulates the osteopathic profession’s highest standards of excellence in teaching, but also has made significant, long-standing contributions to the academic advancement of osteopathic students and the profession.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: March 26, 2010
Sponsor: American Osteopathic Foundation
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Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
Award (monetary)
Seeks to increase the number of academic medicine faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: March 17, 2010
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement
Grant or contract
The purpose of the program is to help rural primary care providers implement quality improvement strategies in the practice of chronic disease management.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: March 15, 2010
Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration
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William G. Anderson, DO, Minority Scholarship
Scholarship
Recognizes an outstanding minority osteopathic medical student who is committed to osteopathic principals and practice, has excelled academically, and has proven to be a leader in addressing the educational, societal, and health needs of minorities.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: March 26, 2010
Sponsor: American Osteopathic Foundation
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Resources

2009 AAPA Physician Assistant Census National Report
Provides detailed information on physician assistants, including demographics, distribution by state and rurality, specialty, employment characteristics, practice ownership, salary, and more.
Organization: American Academy of Physician Assistants
Date: 1/2010
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CME and Its Role in the Academic Medical Center: Increasing Integration, Adding Value
Discusses how academic medical centers could more effectively promote the application of new research in clinical practice through closer integration with continuing medical education. Offers models for integrating continuing medical education into academic medical centers.
Author: Davis DA, Baron RB, Grichnik K, Topulos GP, Agus ZS, Dorman T
Location: Academic Medicine, 85(1), 12-5
Date: 1/2010
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FaMeS: An Innovative Pipeline Program to Foster Student Interest in Family Medicine
Presents the results of a survey aimed at medical schools searching for new ways to attract and retain students who may be interested in primary care. Discusses a pipeline program targeted at entering first-year students that incorporates curricular, extracurricular, summer, and career-planning elements.
Author: Wilkinson J, Hoffman M, Pierce E, Wiecha J
Location: Family Medicine, 42(1), 28-34
Date: 1/2010
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From Staff-Mix to Skill-Mix and Beyond: Towards a Systemic Approach to Health Workforce Management
Reviews the literature on human resources management, with a focus on the optimization of the health workforce, which is one strategy for addressing shortages. Considers skill development and flexibility, collaboration, scope of practice, staffing ratios, compensation, and more.
Author: Dubois CA, Singh D
Location: Human Resources for Health, 7(87)
Date: 12/2009
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Remaking Primary Care: A Framework for the Future
Analyzes the causes of the primary care crises, the effects, and innovations that could strengthen primary care, such as collaborative education. Addresses the impact of health care reform on primary care.
Organizations: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, New England Healthcare Institute
Date: 1/2010
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Teaching Primary Care in Community Health Centers: Addressing the Workforce Crisis for the Underserved
Introduces a model of graduate medical education that would address the need for more primary care physicians for underserved areas and Medicaid patients.
Author: Rieselbach RE, Crouse BJ, Frohna JG
Location: Annals of Internal Medicine, 152(2), 118-22
Date: 1/2010
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Workforce 2015: Strategy Trumps Shortage
Offers recommendations for hospitals to address health workforce challenges despite provider shortages. Identifies anticipated changes in health care delivery, including the increased use of teams, and trends in the workforce, such as the characteristics of the new generation of health care providers.
Organization: American Hospital Association
Date: 1/2010
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