Reports > State
Responses to Health Worker Shortages: Results of 2002 Survey of
States > State Details > Alabama
Task
Force, Commission or Panel
- A Health
Workforce Task Force was established in April 2001 and focused
on:
Health careers marketing, data collection, career
ladder development and financial aid. A report was issued in December
2001.
For a copy, contact: Alabama Department of Public Health, 334-206-5300.
Scholarships,
Loan Repayment
- The Rural
Primary Care Initiative in Alabama administers Alabama Board of
Medical Scholarship Awards and Alabama Community Scholarship Program.
For more information: Alabama
Office of Rural Health.
- The Health
Workforce Taskforce recommended an expansion of service-obligated
scholarships and loan repayment programs for faculty and clinicians
in short supply.
Career
Ladder Development
- The Health
Workforce Taskforce recommended enhancing career mobility and
transition options for health care workers.
Marketing
Health Careers
- The Tuskegee
Area Health Education Center has developed initiatives to encourage
students to pursue careers in the health professions.
For more information: Alabama
Office of Rural Health
- The Health
Workforce Task Force recommended a statewide media campaign to
generally promote health careers; Linking the Alabama On-Line
High School with the health careers Web site; and establishing
a healthcare workforce recruiter program to promote health careers
to K - 12 students.
Labor
Department/Workforce Investment Board
- The Health
Workforce Task Force recommended that Workforce Investment Boards
focus on training and education of individuals pursuing careers
in health care.
Data
Collection
- The Health
Workforce Task Force recommended establishing a central repository
of data on Alabama health care workers within the Alabama Department
of Public Health.
Other
- The Health
Workforce Taskforce recommended management training programs for
health care workers to foster effective supervisory skills and
improve retention.
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