ALLIED
HEALTH WORKFORCE
AND SERVICES
WORKSHOP SUMMARY
Steve Olson, Rapporteur
Board on Health Care Services
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PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR A WORKSHOP ON ALLIED HEALTH WORKFORCE AND SERVICES1
SUSAN CHAPMAN (Chair), Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF); Director, Masters Program in Health Policy Nursing, School of Nursing, UCSF; Senior Research Faculty, Center for Health Professions, UCSF
FRED DONINI-LENHOFF, Medical Education Communications Director, American Medical Association
ERIN FRAHER, Director, North Carolina Health Professions Data System; Assistant Professor, Departments of Surgery and Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
EDWARD SALSBERG, Director, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, Health Resources and Services Administration
ROY A. SWIFT, Senior Director, Personnel Credentialing Accreditation Programs, American National Standards Institute
Project Staff
TRACY A. HARRIS, Senior Program Officer
AMY ASHEROFF, Senior Program Assistant
ROGER HERDMAN, Director, Board on Health Care Services
1 Institute of Medicine planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteur and the institution.
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Reviewers
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
ALLYNE BEACH, Kaiser Permanente National Workforce Planning and Development
KRISTEN C. DAVIDSON, Northridge High School, Layton, UT
THOMAS ELWOOD, Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions
GAMUNU WIJETUNGE, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by JACK C. EBELER, Health Policy Alternatives, Inc. Appointed by the Insti-
tute of Medicine, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authors and the institution.
Contents
2 THE ONGOING TRANSFORMATION OF HEALTH CARE
Transition of the Current Health Care System
The End of the Flexnerian Paradigm
Accreditation of Education and Training Programs
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Allied Health Workforce Planning in North Carolina
A Uniform Health Professions Dataset
Community Health Centers and the Allied Health Workforce
Accreditation of Allied Health Programs
Community Colleges and the Education of Allied Health Professionals in Rural Areas
Career Advancement Through Work-Based Learning
7 THE FUTURE OF TEAM-BASED CARE
Interprofessional Education and Training
Team-Based Care and Health Care Reform
Scope of Practice and Team-Based Care
8 PERSPECTIVES FROM STAKEHOLDERS
The National Society of Allied Health
The National Network of Health Career Programs in Two-Year Colleges
The Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions