HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE INITIATIVE Biennium Legislatively-approved Investment in Oregon’s Community Colleges Health Careers Pathways Summit April 10, 2008 Valley River Inn, Eugene

Facilitators Jo Bell Healthcare Policy Advisor CCWD Wayne Fanno Education and Workforce Specialist CCWD

Today’s Meeting Background on Healthcare Workforce Initiative The Healthcare Workforce Initiative Overview of Initiative Components What’s Next & What to expect

Background on Healthcare Workforce Initiative H istory Early 2006, high level discussions around budget preparation Five players – CCWD – OIT / OUS – OHSU – Governor’s Office – Oregon Healthcare Workforce Institute Overarching statement about healthcare workforce needs and desire to address the problem with a coordinated approach

Background on Healthcare Workforce Initiative Issues identified for Request Community college issues Demand issues

Background on Healthcare Workforce Initiative Community college issues Lack of capacity Capacity clustered along I-5 Rural & frontier populations insufficient to support developing and sustaining expensive healthcare programs Lack of technology infrastructure Shortage of qualified faculty

Background Demand Issues Demand distributed all across Oregon Increased cost to students to travel or move for education Never (well, rarely) return to fill jobs at ‘home’ 28% increase in healthcare workers needed Powerful economic impact for all communities if current and emerging healthcare jobs are filled

Solution Healthcare Workforce Initiative Approved by the Legislature in 2007 $2.2 million total Initiative Resources to be used in the biennium (through June 30, 2009)

Solution Uses a statewide approach to increase instructional capacity through a coordinated statewide effort involving all 17 community colleges

Solution Focuses on implementing healthcare workforce education programs through improved access, transferability and articulation across all 17 community colleges and their OIT/OUS & OHSU partners

Solution Emphasizes distance and distributive delivery of healthcare education programs to assure access to education and to fill healthcare positions in all communities around the state Assures that the capacity available is utilized to the fullest extent

Solution Aggregates students distributed by distance or time into the same class, allowing every “seat” to be filled even when there are not enough students (or enough classes) to satisfy the demand in any one place or schedule

Solution Provides a “capacity valve” to allow continuation of needed healthcare programs while offering individual community colleges the ability to expand or contract their enrollment in a particular program or course

Solution Encourages sharing of limited resources and faculty Provides healthcare programs and courses on a statewide basis to meet local needs

Initiative Components Programs and Courses Program Sharing Agreements Faculty & Student Supports

Initiative Components Programs and Courses – Development or conversion of healthcare workforce education programs and courses to a distance format for statewide anytime anyplace delivery – Simulation needs – Distance learning technology

Initiative Components Program Sharing Agreements – Articulation, transfer, resource sharing, statewide delivery – Career Pathways

Initiative Components Faculty & Student Supports – Faculty training for distance – Preceptor training for distance – Student supports (advising, mentoring, financial aid, testing, technical support, on-line library resources)

Program / Course Development RFP New Release date Response Deadline Completion Date Walk through of RFP Sections Use of RFI info

Program / Course Development RFP Outcomes – Development of a standard model for “healthcare statewide consortium programs” – Replicability for new healthcare program and courses needed around the state

Program / Course Development RFP Outcomes (cont) – Sustainability of at least one “healthcare statewide consortium program” for each healthcare profession appropriate for community college delivery – Systemic process for how community colleges develop and offer new healthcare programs and courses – Incorporation of courses into career pathways roadmaps and Career Pathways Certificates whenever possible

Program / Course Development RFP Looking for – – Ability to meet statewide identified needs – Availability of course or program via distance/distributive delivery – Ability to leverage other grant activities and sources – Collaborative approach involving all community colleges – Program development only

Program / Course Development RFP Overall RFP – Standard format – Less is more – Quarterly meetings for sharing, assistance – Only one component of Initiative

Program / Course Development RFP We are excited! We want to assist and facilitate We know that we can do this together.

Questions?

Contact Information Wayne Fanno X374 Jo Bell