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Midwest Retention Toolkit 2012
Conrad 30 Program Extended 3 Years
AHEC Learning Center & Nevada Project ECHO
NHSC Student-2-Service
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Meeting Dates
February 21, 2013
May 16, 2013
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Workforce Recruitment & Retention Planning Meeting
December 18, 2013.
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The Developing Vision of Primary Care

by Kathleen A. Barnes, B.S., Jason C. Kroening-Roche, M.D., M.P.H., and Branden W. Comfort, B.S.

 

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Keith Clark, 
Nevada Office of Rural Health

Primary Care Office Newsletter

Holiday 2012

The theme of our holiday newsletter is to provide resources to develop or enhance your retention and recruitment plan.
  
Many of our safety-net sites have implemented "best practices" to enhance the recruitment and retention of providers, but there is always room for improvement. Included in the newsletter are:
  • retention plan templates from the "Midwest Retention Toolkit;"
  • links to continuing education programs; and
  • information to maximize your recruitment efforts either through the Conrad 30/J-1 Visa Waiver or the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) programs. 

Please remember, every investment of your time can improve and stabilize the quality of care for your organization and your community.  

  
We also want to encourage all safety net sites and providers to reach out to your health education institutions and become a teaching site for students and residents to complete their preceptorship and clinic rotations.   

The Primary Care Office (PCO), in partnership with the Office of Rural Health and Great Basin Primary Care Association, encourage you to contact us if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Barbara Heywood

Nevada PCO

(775)684-4047

 
"You need to have a collaborative hiring process." 
Steve Jobs in the "Steve Jobs Book"

 

According to authors of the Midwest Retention Toolkit, Long term retention begins with recruitment; matching a candidate's preferences to the attributes of your community will go a long way in ensuring a successful, long term solution to the health care needs of your community.

 

Learn more about retention and utilize the templates provided in the Midwest Retention Toolkit   

Created by: The National Rural Health Resource Center and the National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network under contracts from the Indiana State Department of Health; Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Rural Health and Primary Care; and Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health.

 

"Time spent on hiring, is time well spent."

Robert Half 

 

If your site is recruiting a physician, please consider the
and post your openings on 3Rnet.
 
To learn more, please review,
"Do not hire a man (or woman) who does your work for money, but him (or her) who does it for the love of it."
 Henry David Thoreau in the "Life Without Principle" 
 

 

  
New Requirements and Timeline for new site applications
 
  • December 15, 2012: The cut-off date for new sites to apply to be NHSC certified. 
 July 1, 2013 to October 31, 2013: The next NHSC new site application cycle. 
 
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New Timeline for sites seeking recertification:  

  

March 1, 2013

         Date re-certification applications must be submitted for NHSC Sites due to expire between January 1, 2013 and March 31, 2013.

 

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Sites with auto-updates, including Federally Qualified Health Centers and Indian Health Service, are not subject to these timelines. 

"An investment in knowledge always

pays the best interest."

Benjamin Franklin

  

 

High Sierra Health Education Center (AHEC) has partnered with Vegas PBS to develop a custom-branded web portal through the public television station's Vegas Virtual Online Education platform to provide over 350 continuing education training courses and programs to healthcare professionals in Nevada.

 

AHEC, a non-profit organization headquartered in northern Nevada, offers healthcare professionals courses to maintain and/or upgrade their certifications and licensure, as well as healthcare career exploration courses for AHEC's youth initiatives.  

 

A key component of offering an online learning platform is the organization's ability to now reach healthcare professionals in rural areas who may, or may not, have the ability to attend in-person courses. For more information, please contact Andrea Gregg at High Sierra AHEC at 775-682-5744.

 

 

Providers are also encouraged to access and participate in continuing education programs offered by the 

Nevada Project ECHO

NHSC Student-2-Service (S2S)

2013 Application is
NOW OPEN!
 

The NHSC S2S program provides loan repayment assistance to medical students (MD and DO) in their last year of school, in return for a commitment to provide primary health care services for three years at a NHSC site.

 

 

The online application must be submitted by December 13. 

Review the 2013 Application and Program Guidance for complete program details.