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MINUTES
WVRHEP RECRUITMENT & RETENTION
Committee Meeting
November 10, 2008, Days Inn, Flatwoods
Attending: Dave Brown, Patricia Crawford,
STAFF REPORT
Alicia summarized the issue of expanding Health
Sciences Scholarship eligibility to licensed independent clinical social workers
(LICSWs) and doctoral clinical psychologists. In 2008, the Legislature provided
an additional $100,000 appropriation for
expansion to mental health disciplines. She noted that federally qualified
health centers employ LICSWs. Scholarships to doctoral psychology students may
be limited because there are few internships in
Alicia said that a map showing distribution of LISCWs
in the state is based on actual work location; however, the map showing
distribution of licensed doctoral psychologists is based on home address.
► The committee voted to approve on motion
(Brown/Pope) the following: Eligibility for Health Sciences Scholarships should
be expanded to include students in the fields of Licensed Independent Clinical
Social Work and Doctoral Clinical Psychology.
Alicia asked for volunteers to review and recommend
new qualified sites (e.g., community mental health centers, veterans health
facilities, and state mental health facilities) for mental health
professionals. She also asked that the group address the issue of providing
credit for less than full-time practice, an issue that has arisen with the
increasing numbers of women in the health workforce. The subcommittee will
include: Jodie Jackson, Melissa Wheeler, Jo Ann Raines, Dave Brown, and Elaine
Mason.
MEDICAL STUDENT ROTATION DISTRIBUTION POLICY
Under the revised levels policy the list of sites and
available preceptors will be updated as needed, while the list of HPSAs will be
updated every 2 years. She said that the federal government requires HPSA
designations to be reviewed every 4 years at a minimum, although they change
frequently.
Patti Crawford said that the
► The committee voted to approve on motion
(Whitler/Thacker) the revised levels policy with a wording change. In the first
sentence under "Policy Statement," change the phrase "offering medical
students" to "permitting the state's medical schools to offer their students.."
HEALTH SCIENCES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Outcomes Update:
Alicia discussed the charts showing outcomes on HSSP placements. For physicians, the most placements by far
were for family physicians - 34. Improvement was noted for internal
medicine/pediatrics - 8 placements. Placements of other disciplines, especially
nurse practitioners, have improved in recent years, because the schools were
given a greater role in recommending or prioritizing their applicants. Alicia
noted that although eligibility was extended to physical therapy students in
2004-05, and three placements were successful, no PT students have applied in
the past 3 years.
Application Review:
The review subcommittees recommended funding 16 of the
19 applications. Sixteen awards would require spending $123,895 in our annual
appropriation and approximately 24.5% of the revolving fund, which includes
paybacks from previous years. ($100,000 for the mental health expansion is not
included.)
Recommended awards:
8 MD/DO students $160,000
($20,000 each)
5 NP and 2 NE/1 PA students 80,000 ($10,000
each)
$240,000 Total*
*$240,000
= $123,895 plus $116,105 (24.5% of revolving fund)
► The Committee voted to approve on motion
(Crawford/Raines) the following students:
8 Medical Students
Marshall School of Medicine: Stephanie N.
Graham
WV School of Osteopathic Medicine: Jennifer E.
Beverage, Katherine H. Buddenberg, Lisa M. Kessler, Ashley R. Toler, Caleb J.
Workman.
5 Nurse Practitioner (NP) and 2 Nurse Educators (NE)
1 Physician Assistant (PA)
Subcommittee members who reviewed medical student
applications were Elaine Mason, Dave Brown,
Subcommittee members who reviewed NP and PA
applications were
The meeting was adjourned.