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Current Studies: 2

General Center Presentations

We periodically present overviews of research findings and policy issues to different audiences. References to these presentations are listed below.



Findings:

Skillman SM. Solving state health workforce planning: factors to consider and ideas from other states. Presented at West Virginia Rural Health Conference, The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels, West Virginia, 11/14/12.

Skillman SM, Phippen E. Washington's health workforce: challenges and promising practices. Presented at St. Francis Hospital Leadership Retreat, Lakewold Gardens, Gravelly Lake, Washington, 7/11/12.

Skillman SM. Washington's health workforce: What do we know? What can we know? Presented at Healthcare Leadership Workforce Summit: Envisioning the Future, Planning for Change, Bellingham, Washington, 5/23/12.

Skillman SM. Issues in assessing the rural and primary care workforce. Presented at HRSA National Center for Health Workforce Analysis Meeting: Best Practices in State Health Workforce Data and Planning, Alexandria, Virginia, 5/16/12.

Skillman SM. How to find and use health workforce data on state health workforce supply and distribution. Presented at HRSA National Center for Health Workforce Analysis Meeting: Best Practices in State Health Workforce Data and Planning, Alexandria, Virginia, 5/15/12.

Skillman SM. Policy implications of primary care practice redesign with and without payment reform: summation panel. Presented at The Primary Care Workforce Crisis: Driving Health Policy Change through Innovation, Seattle, Washington, 5/25/11.

Skillman SM. The rural health workforce: building on what we know. Presented at National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health, National Workforce Summit, Laramie, Wyoming, 8/19/09.

Skillman SM. The right mix: linking the workforce to patient and health outcomes. Moderator of session at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 6/28-30/09.

Skillman SM. Wyoming Healthcare Commission workforce project: the role of the University of Washington (WWAMI) Center for Health Workforce Studies and Rural Health Research Center. Presented to Wyoming Healthcare Commission, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 10/13/08.

Skillman SM. Studies of access to care: University of Washington Rural Health Research Center and Center for Health Workforce Studies. Presented at Measuring Healthcare Access--Washington State Interagency Idea Exchange, Olympia, Washington, 8/21/08.

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General Center for Health Workforce Studies Presentations

We periodically present overviews of research findings and policy issues to different audiences. References to these presentations are listed below.



Findings:

Skillman SM. Our health workforce: what's known, suspected and lots of questions. Presented to Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County, Healthcare Sector Employer Panel, Seattle, Washington, 4/5/13.

Skillman SM. Data needed to understand health workforce supply. Presented to Washington State Health Care Personnel Shortage Task Force, Puyallup, Washington, 6/6/12.

Skillman SM. What is the most appropriate geographic unit of analysis for measuring the adequacy of the primary care workforce? Presented at HRSA National Center for Health Workforce Analysis Meeting: Data and Methods for Tracking the Supply, Demand, Distribution, and Adequacy of the Primary Care Workforce, Bethesda, Maryland, 4/20/12.

Doescher MP. Setting the stage: the workforce of the future. Presented at Washington State Hospital Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 10/2010.

Doescher MP. Transforming medical education today to meet the workforce demands of tomorrow. Presented at Education in Medicine Seminar, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 10/30/09.

Doescher MP. Can health care reform resuscitate primary care in Missouri? Presented at Missouri State Strategic Partnership Session, Jefferson, Missouri, 10/26/09.

Doescher MP. How federal health care reform could resuscitate primary care in Washington State. Presented at Washington State Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee Meeting on National Health Care Reform, Olympia, Washington, 10/1/09.

Skillman SM. Health workforce shortages: crisis or opportunity? Presented at University of Washington Master's in Health Administration Alumni Day, Seattle, Washington, 5/21/09.

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