Other Recruitment and Retention 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
Resources for Students
Resources for Veterans

Visit the CHAMPS Education Health Center Resources webpage for materials on establishing new Education Health Centers and supporting existing ones.

NATIONAL RECRUITMENT & RETENTION LINKS

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.
National AHEC Organization (NAO)

Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment (AAPPR)
A professional organization dedicated to supporting health care recruitment professionals through education, resources, and networking.
AAPPR Website

Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW)
HRSA Bureau supporting scholarship and loan repayment programs, shortage designations, health professions training grants, health workforce analysis, graduate medical education, and the national practitioner data bank.
BHW Website

CareerOneStop
Webpage with a step-by-step guide for creating job descriptions. CareerOneStop is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Create a Job Description

Health Leaders Media
Article on effective ways to recruit physicians.
How to Recruit and Retain Advanced Practitioners

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)
Career advancement resources.
MGMA Career Pathways

National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
Toolkit developed to help CHCs support their existing clinical workforce and attain and retain compassionate healers who provide excellent clinical care and feel professionally at home in a CHC.
Clinical Recruitment and Retention Toolkit

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 Recruitment and Retention Resources

National Rural Recruitment & Retention Network (3R Net)
Medical and healthcare jobs across the nation.
3RNet

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 Health Information Hub
A guide that examines policy, economics, planning challenges, and issues related to rural health workforce, including distribution of the workforce, characteristics of the rural healthcare workforce, programs and policies that can be used to improve the rural healthcare workforce, and more.
Rural Healthcare Workforce

STAR2 Center
National Cooperative Agreement offering resources, training, and technical assistance on clinician workforce topics.
Solutions Training and Assistance for Recruitment & Retention
ACU and STAR2 Center definition of comprehensive workforce plan.
STAR2Center-Definition of Comprehensive Workforce Plan

United States Department of Agriculture
Information and tools to support first responders, Native Americans, downtown revitalization efforts, citizen housing, and other initiatives.
Rural Development and Communities

WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Performs policy-oriented research on issues related to rural health care.
Rural Health Research Center

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

Association of American Medical Colleges
Information, tools, and support helping aspiring physicians understand the process of becoming a doctor.
www.students-residents.aamc.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

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

Nursing Explorer
Lists BSN degree programs alphabetically by state with links to the appropriate campus websites to request free information about the schools and their programs.
www.nursingexplorer.com/bsn

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.patimes.org/public-private-partnerships-higher-education-western-governors-university-initiative/

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Student Exchange Programs
These exchange programs provide students within the WICHE system of states with access to reduced levels of tuition at a variety of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. The Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP) specifically targets professional education in ten healthcare fields, including dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, and physician assistants.
www.wiche.edu/tuition-savings
www.wiche.edu/tuition-savings/psep/

RESOURCES FOR VETERANS

HireVeterans.com
Website with job opportunities for veterans.
www.hireveterans.com

National Resource Directory
Organization that offers a job bank for veterans and resources for employers and service providers.
www.nrd.gov

Pew Research Center
Report that details why some veterans have a hard time readjusting to civilian life while others transition with little or no difficulty.
The Difficult Transition from Military to Civilian Life

United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
News release detailing employment status of veterans based on veteran status, period of service, and more.
Employment Situation of Veterans

United States Department of Labor
Resource that provides information and tools for employers, service providers, veterans, service members, and families, including news updates, testimonies, and events.
Veterans’ Employment and Training Service