Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Primary Care Scholarship Mary Thoesen Coleman, MD, PhD Chair, Professor of Family Medicine Director of Rural Education, Richard DiCarlo, MD Associate Dean for Curriculum LSUHSC School of Medicine June 22, 2015

History of Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Patrick and Phyllis Taylor founded the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation in Mr. Taylor credited his LSU education with his successful career in the oil and gas industry. Conceived the Taylor Plan-- Students receive state-paid college tuition based on high school core curriculum grade point average and ACT score.

Patrick F. Taylor Primary Care Scholarships Dr. Steve Nelson, Dean of LSU School of Medicine, has joined forces with the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Sponsoring Scholarship to establish an adequate supply of primary care physicians who will live and practice in Louisiana Scholarship award in the amount of $25,000 annually in L3 and L4 Awardee agrees to practice primary care for 24 consecutive months in LA for each academic year that the scholarship is accepted

Primary Care Specialties include: General Internal Medicine Family Medicine Pediatrics Geriatrics

Need for Primary Care 95% (61 of 64) of LA parishes classified as Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Fewer than 20% of all U.S. medical students are choosing primary care specialties. Source: Council on Graduate Medical Education, AAMC.org, March 2010 LSU-NO: 57% of the 2014 graduates are entering into primary care practices; a significant increase over last year’s 43% Source: Chancellor’s Notes, March 21, 2014

LA Ranks 37th in Primary- Care Physicians per 100,000 Population vs. US average, 2012 Source: Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies, “2013 State Physicians Workforce Book

Louisiana's Projected Primary Care Physician Demand

Impact of Primary Care

Louisiana Generalist Care Benefits Patients and Health Care System: Provider Workforce and Quality

Generalist Care Benefits Patients and Health Care System: Provider Workforce and Medicare Spending Louisiana

“Seismic shift” lifts primary care’s impact on hospital revenues For the first time, primary care physicians are driving more revenue on a per-doctor basis to hospitals than are specialists. For 2013, the median revenue to hospitals per primary care physician (ascribed by 3,000 hospital chief financial officers) is $1.6 million, more than $1.4 million revenue from specialists. Source: By Sue Ter Maat—Posted May 20, 2013 from Merritt Hawkins

Opportunities

Recruitment Openings Greatest for Primary Care Source: Merritt Hawkins

Due July Open to L3 students* Application Form at Family Medicine website: http: Applications *students not eligible if already possess full tuition waiver

Contact Information: Mary Thoesen Coleman, MD, PhD Marie Lahasky Chair and Professor, Family Medicine Director, Rural Education, Community Health 1542 Tulane Avenue, Room 123 New Orleans, LA Angela Boseman, PCS Coordinator