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8 Perspectives from Stakeholders
Pages 63-68

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... This is partly because of the large number of allied health professions, but it also has not succeeded in conveying to other health care workers and to the public knowledge of the roles of allied health professions. The wide variety of program names for these fields in educational institutions is an indication of this problem.
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From page 64...
... THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF HEALTH CAREER PROGRAMS IN TWO-YEAR COLLEGES Many of the messages heard at the workshop resonate with the goals of the National Network of Health Career Programs in Two-Year Colleges, said Carolyn O'Daniel, dean of Allied Health and Nursing at Jefferson Community and Technical College in Louisville, Kentucky, and president of the network. Examples include the emphases on team-based care, chronic care, increased accountability, career pathways, and work-based learning.
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From page 65...
... In the process, they diversify health care, promote economic development, and improve the lives of their students. THE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS Richard Oliver, dean of the School of Health Professions at the University of Missouri and chair of the Government Relations Committee for the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, made 18 points about the barriers and opportunities facing allied health.
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From page 66...
... THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS NETWORK The Health Professions Network, formed in 1995, comprises national leaders from allied health professional associations, all levels of educational institutions, accrediting agencies, and health care professionals with representation from each of the 50 states. The organization has two major goals, said its president, Lynn Brooks.
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From page 67...
... These partners, in turn, have many of the resources and capabilities called for in the promotional campaign. In the process of developing the campaign, the Health Professionals Network was able to reidentify and specify many of the long-range barriers and opportunities that are factors in allied health, such as educational staffing and resources, recruitment and retention, the provision of accurate and timely data, economic support, the uneven distribution of workers and needs, inadequate diversity, and developing "clout" for allied health.
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