Recruitment & Retention Committee Minutes: 11/9/2009
WVRHEP RECRUITMENT & RETENTION
Committee Meeting
Days Inn, Flatwoods
Attending: Dave Brown, Susan Coyle, Patricia Crawford, Tom Hefner, Lew Holloway, Sharon Lansdale, Sandra Y. Pope, Anna Reno, Bob Whitler. Staff: Alicia Tyler. Absent: Terri Bliziotes, Jay Bonfili, Amber Crist, Deborah Curry, Norm Ferrari, Denise Landry, Jo Ann Raines, Melissa Wheeler. Guests: Sharon Giles, Sherri Douglass, Billie Garrett, Hilda R. Heady, Dennis McCutcheon, Ken Shannon, Jodie Jackson.
Tom Hefner, Committee chairman, opened the meeting. The minutes of the June 15th meeting were approved on motion (Whitler/Reno).
STAFF REPORT
Alicia Tyler reported that the Health Sciences office has received a $600,000 grant from the Department of Health and Human Resources (through the federal Centers for Disease Control) to fund H1N1 flu prevention activities and vaccination clinics at campuses. Eligible applicants include community college and technical schools and public and private four-year colleges and universities. The Higher Education Policy Commission sponsored an H1N1 conference on September 25th for all the schools. The deadline for applications is November 13th.
HEALTH SCIENCES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (HSSP)
Outcomes Data: Alicia discussed charts showing HSSP outcomes from FY96 through FY09.
- 46% of medical students have/are serving obligations;
- 76% of nurse practitioners have/are serving obligations;
- 64% of physician assistants have/are serving obligations.
- Physical therapy is a new discipline for eligibility. So far, all three students are serving obligations.
Funding: HSSP funding increased by $100,000 annually in FY09 and FY10 to allow expansion into mental health fields. FY10 is the first year that students training to become doctoral clinical psychologists or licensed independent clinical social workers are eligible.
Application Review:
The review subcommittees recommended funding all 17 applications. Seventeen awards would require spending $239,370 in our annual appropriation plus $630 from the revolving fund, which includes paybacks from previous years.
Recommended awards:
7 MD/DO students $140,000 ($20,000 each)
10 NP/PT SW/Psych students 100,000 ($10,000 each)
$240,000 Total*
*$240,000 = $239,370 plus $630 (.1% of revolving fund)
The Committee voted to approve on motion (Holloway/Crawford) the following medical students:
7 Medical Students
Marshall School of Medicine: Joshua A. Boggs, Jessica K. Granger, John E. Loudermilk
WVU School of Medicine: Joshua M. Cusick-Lewis, Sarah L. Zirkle
WV School of Osteopathic Medicine: Amber R. Bishop, Kylene N. Haskins
The Committee voted to approve on motion (Pope/Reno) the following students:
2 Nurse Practitioner (NP) and 3 Nurse Educator (NE) Students
Marshall University: Susan E. Booton (NE), David L. Burrows (NP), Bobbie J. Taylor (NE)
West Virginia University: Darlene M. Fields (NP)
Wheeling Jesuit University: Karen A. Wigal (NE student)
1 Licensed Independent Clinical Social Work Student
West Virginia University: Joseph W. Lilly
3 Physical Therapy Students
West Virginia University: Ashley E. Moyers, Jennifer M. O’Neal, Kelly D. Poling
1 Doctoral Clinical Psychology Student
Marshall University: Emily M. Selby
Subcommittee members who reviewed medical student applications included Scott Cottrell, Dave Brown, Jennifer Plymale, and Karen Pauley. Subcommittee members who reviewed NP, NE, SW, PT, and Psych applications included Terri Bliziotes, Anna Reno, Jodie Jackson, Amber Crist, and Sandra Pope.
WEST VIRGINIA PHYSICIAN SURVEY
Jodie Jackson and Ken Shannon discussed findings from their survey conducted in 2008. Alicia Tyler was a member of the research team, and Dr. Donald Pathman, a nationally known researcher at the Sheps Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, served as a consultant to the survey.
Highlights of the presentation include:
- The purpose of the survey was to identify differences between physicians who had RHEP experiences compared to those who did not. The study included physicians who are:
- Working in WV
- Graduated between 1990 and 2004
- Not currently a resident or fellow
- Currently in direct patient care
- Attended a medical school in U.S.
- Out of 896 physicians surveyed, 480 responded (54%) Physicians were grouped as urban or rural and as primary care or specialists.
- Comparisons included interests in practice specialty and rural practice at the beginning of medical school; actual practice choices; rural vs. urban roots; debt/income; service orientation; and level of integration/sense of belonging in their practice communities.
- There was a highly significant difference in gross annual personal income between primary care physicians ($146,723) and specialists ($223,693). There was no significant difference in personal income between physicians in a principal urban practice ($173,444) compared to physicians in a principal rural practice ($165,093).
- The top five factors (in priority order) influencing physicians to stay in rural practice are:
- Currently in practice in their hometown or in a town of their family’s preference
- The community and/or small town living
- [sufficient] reimbursement and/or loan repayment
- [helpful] colleagues
- Lifestyle, patient load and/or recreational amenities
Bob Whitler announced a change to the Board of Osteopathy licensure rule. As a result of a law passed by the Legislature in 2009, osteopathic graduates no longer are required to have the one-year rotating internship for licensure in West Virginia. In other words, they can enter residency upon graduation.
The meeting was adjourned.