Other Recruitment & Retention (R&R) Resources
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Region VIII State Primary Care Associations (SPCAs)
Region VIII State Primary Care Offices (PCOs)
Other Region VIII State Resources
National Recruitment & Retention Links
Education Health Centers
Resources for Students
REGION VIII STATE PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATIONS (SPCAs)
Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN)
www.cchn.org
Montana Primary Care Association (MPCA)
www.mtpca.org
Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas (CHAD)
www.communityhealthcare.net
Association for Utah Community Health (AUCH)
www.auch.org
Wyoming Primary Care Association (WPCA)
www.wypca.org
REGION VIII STATE PRIMARY CARE OFFICES (PCOs)
Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment, Primary Care Office:
www.cdphe.state.co.us/pp/primarycare
Montana Dept. of Public Health & Human Services, Primary Care Office:
www.dphhs.mt.gov/PHSD/Primary-Care/primary-care-index.shtml
North Dakota Dept. of Health, Primary Care Office:
www.health.state.nd.us
South Dakota Office of Rural Health, Primary Care Office:
http://doh.sd.gov/RuralHealth/default.aspx
Utah Dept. of Health, Office of Primary Care & Rural Health:
http://health.utah.gov/primarycare
Wyoming Dept. of Health, Office of Rural Health, Primary Care Office:
http://health.wyo.gov/rfhd/rural/Primary_Care_Office.html
OTHER REGION VIII STATE RESOURCES
Colorado Rural Health Center:
www.coruralhealth.org
www.searchcolorado.org
Montana Office of Rural Health:
http://healthinfo.montana.edu
North Dakota - University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health:
www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/rural
South Dakota Office of Rural Health:
http://doh.sd.gov/RuralHealth/default.aspx
Utah Office of Primary Care and Rural Health:
http://health.utah.gov/primarycare
Wyoming Health Resource Network, Inc.:
www.whrn.org
Wyoming Office of Rural Health:
http://health.wyo.gov/rfhd/rural/index.html
NATIONAL RECRUITMENT & RETENTION LINKS
American Academy of Ophthalmic Executives
New Ways to Think About Recruitment, Job Applicant Sources and How to Find Them, Recruitment Tools, and Ophthalmic Educational Training Resources
Allied Health Recruitment and Training Tool Kit
Area Health Education Centers (AHECs)
Academic and community partnerships that train health care providers in sites and programs that are responsive to State and local needs
Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) AHECs Webpage
National AHEC Organization (NAO)
Association of Staff Physician Recruiters
In-House Recruiter member assistance, Job bank, and resource bank
Not for Profit Professional Consortium
Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Services (BCRS)
HRSA Bureau supporting Students and Clinicians (including NHSC), Faculty, and Communities
BCRS Website
California Primary Care Association (CPCA)
Free site for job seekers, advertising career opportunities in the non-profit healthcare industry
Clinic Careers
CareerOneStop
Job Description Writer to build meaningful job descriptions. CareerOneStop is sponsored by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
Job Description Writer
Colorado Health Institute
Comprehensive inventory of Colorado initiatives and programs that are working to recruit and retain health care providers in Colorado communities, especially in the state’s medically underserved areas
Health Professions Workforce Inventory
Commongood Careers
Selection of articles, tools and resources on a variety of topics related to careers in the nonprofit sector
Knowledge Center
FQHCmd
A physician recruitment resource dedicated to meeting the needs of community health centers
Bringing Physicians to Your Neighborhood
Health Leaders Media
Article on effective ways to recruit physicians
Effective Physician Recruitment Tools
Health Workforce Information Center (HWiC)
Comprehensive online library addressing: health workforce programs and funding sources; workforce data, research and policy; educational opportunities and models; and news and events
HWiC Website
Hospitals and Health Networks
Rural Recruitment Issues, Statistics, and Best Practices
Health Forum
Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)
Career postings from health care employers nationwide
MGMA Career Center
Migrant Clinicians Network
Self-Assessment and review tool supporting on-going recruitment and retention of qualified clinical staff at CHCs
Health Center Self-Assessment (15-Item)
Health Center Recruitment and Retention Effectiveness Review (RRER)
National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
Toolkit developed to help CHCs support their existing clinical workforce and attain, groom, and retain compassionate healers who provide excellent clinical care and feel professionally at home in a CHC
Clinical Recruitment and Retention Toolkit
National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
Archived web conference addressing involving the health center board of directors in clinical workforce issues
Health Center Board Members’ Roles in Provider Recruitment and Retention
National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH)
Online job bank to facilitate recruitment efforts at migrant health centers and other migrant health programs
NCFH Job Bank
National Health Service Corps (NHSC)
2010 CHAMPS/NWRPCA Annual Conference presentation slides
NHSC - A Vital Workforce: Maximizing Efforts to Improve the Health of the Nation's Underserved, Erica Pearson and Maria de los Angeles Garcia
National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA)
A listing of links to job boards on the websites of state and regional Primary Care Associations nationwide
Links to PCA/Other Job Banks
National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA)
Resources aimed at helping health centers build a strong, high-quality dental workforce including a dental job bank, employer compensation analysis tool, links to state dental associations and practice acts, and more
Workforce Resources
National Rural Health Resouce Center
Manual for providing step-by-step process for effectively recruiting a CEO
CEO Recruitment Guide
National Rural Recruitment & Retention Network (3R Net)
Medical and healthcare jobs across the nation
3RNet
Northwest Regional Primary Care Association (NWRPCA)
Human Resources Listserv for CHC Staff, and an initiative to address the opportunities and challenges of relationships between CHCs and family medicine residency programs
NWRPCA Listservs
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
Links to public health job opportunities and creer-planning resources
Jobs and Careers
Public Health Foundation (PHF)
Document detailing a set of skills desirable for the broad practice of public health, reflecting characteristics staff of public health organizations may want to possess as they work to protect and promote health in the community. They are designed to serve as a starting point for academic and practice organizations to understand, assess, and meet their training and workforce needs.
Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
Rural Assistance Center
Information guide focusing on the rural aspects of health professions topics
Health Care Workforce
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Workforce Article
Nonprofits Must Invest in Human Capital
United States Department of Agriculture
Community Development Resources, Health Professional Recruitment and Retention
National Agricultural Library
WWAMI
Performs policy-oriented research on issues related to rural health care
Rural Health Research Center
EDUCATION HEALTH CENTERS
Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
Proposal for increased participation in teaching health centers
Training Team Players to Provide Better Health Care to the Underserved
Clinica Family Health Services
2010 CHAMPS/NWRPCA Annual Conference presentation slides
Colorado Family Medicine Residency Experience
Education Health Center Initiative
2010 CHAMPS/NWRPCA Annual Conference presentation slides and materials
Administration and Operations, Kevin Murray
Becoming a Teaching Health Center, Kevin Murray
Finance Toolkit, Mike Maples, MD and Joel Hughes
Mission and Governance Toolkit, Scott Early, MD
Teaching Health Centers, Frederick Chen, MD, MPH
What is an Education Health Center, Mike Maples, MD
Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
2010 CHAMPS/NWRPCA Annual Conference presentation slides
Collaborations Between FQHCs and Residency Programs, Jacqueline C. Leifer, Esq.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Information on Teaching Health Centers, including Q&A and grant information
Teaching Health Centers
National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
Presentation slides, 2008, Carl Morris, MD, MPH
ECHI Findings and Future Directions
The Policy Shop Blog article on teaching health centers
Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program (THCGME)
Case studies on Federally Qualified Health Center residency programs and policy recommendations for implementing the Teaching Health Center Program
Health Centers' Contributions to Training Tomorrow's Physicians
Northwest Regional Primary Care Association (NWRPCA)
An overview of the Education Health Center Initiative
Education Health Center Initiative
University of Washington Family Medicine Residency Network
University of Washington Department of Family Medicine
Northwest Regional Primary Care Association (NWRPCA)
Community Health Association of Mountain/Plains States (CHAMPS)
Materials and information for partnerships between Family Medicine Residencies and Community Health Centers
The Education Health Center Initiative
RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
General Information about becoming a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
www.aacom.org
American Medical Association
Information and guides about "Becoming an MD" and 77 other healthcare professions
www.ama-assn.org
American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
Student-governed, national organization committed to representing the concerns of physicians-in-training
www.amsa.org
AspiringDocs.org, Association of American Medical Colleges
Information, tools, and support helping aspiring physicians understand the process of becoming a doctor
www.aspiringdocs.org
AT Still University - Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
Community-health oriented programs, with "hometown" application program to give preference to applicants supported by their communities
www.atsu.edu
BSN Degrees
Lists BSN degree programs alphabetically by state with links to the appropriate campus websites to request free information about the schools and their programs
http://bsndegrees.com
Explore Health Careers
Overviews of health careers with requirements, programs, and job outlook, salary ranges, sources for portable financial aid, pre-health enrichment programs, advice on how to succeed in health professions school, current health policy information, articles, and links
www.explorehealthcareers.org
Western Governors University (WGU) Growing from Within Initiative
A partnership between WGU and the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) designed as an educational collaborative to address nursing workforce shortages while meeting the ongoing education and administrative leadership needs for CHCs' future workforce development; eligible programs include: BS Nursing, BS Health Informatics, MS Nursing-Education, MS Nursing-Leadership and Management, MS Nursing-Education, and MBA Healthcare Management
www.wgu.edu/nachc
