1. Montana AHEC/ Office of Rural Health Advisory Committee
April 2, 2018

2. AGENDA Welcome and Introductions
Structured input on key AHEC Strategies
Career Awareness – Pipeline Programs
Education and Training
AHEC Scholars Program
Healthcare Workforce Development for Rural and Underserved Areas
Member Updates
Next Meeting – Strategic Planning Meeting, June 4, 2018, 10 am in Helena

3. Thinking about the AHEC Council Structure— Western MT AHEC Model

4. Fundamental Pathway Elements
Career Awareness
Education and Training
Workforce Development

6. Relationships
MT Healthcare Workforce Advisory Committee (began 2010) MORH/AHEC
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Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)
TAACCCT IV—Healthcare Montana
Healthcare organizations
MT Department of Labor
OCHE
Our Healthcare workforce advisory committee began in 2010 and has written two healthcare strategic plans for the state, published in 2011 and The MT DOLI and DPHHS also are part of this committee as well as Secondary education and the healthcare pipeline have been included in this planning. I moved my office from Helena in 2007 to the state AHEC offices in Bozeman for daily collaborative work. TAACCCT-IV funding was an incredible opportunity to move forward on the strategic planning we were already doing.

7. Workforce Strategic Plan 2017
Montana Healthcare
Workforce Strategic Plan 2017
Grow Your Own Strategy
Exposure to health careers
Expand health occupations programs in schools
HOSA, REACH MedStart
Dual enrollment and credentials that articulate to postsecondary
Tribal school strategy

9. MT Office of Rural Health and AHECs
Research and Explore Awesome Careers in Healthcare!
Freshmen/Sophomores
Local Facility
Day Long Camp
Healthcare Stations
Scrub Tops and Swag
Free to Attend
Med Start Camp
Juniors/Seniors
College/Healthcare
Week Long Camp
Healthcare Tours
Healthcare Activities
Job Shadowing
Fun Adventures
Cost Associated
Discuss AHEC contributions- local networking and advisories; collaborative work on summer camps. This past summer students received one elective college credit for attending the Med Start camp.

11. 2017
Med Start Camp
Applicants must be from rural locations, first generation college-going, and/or low-income. We also partner with GearUp that funds 25 students from GearUp schools.

14. Annual Pathways into Health Brochure from the AHECs

15. Annual Pathways into Health Brochure from the AHECs

16. HealthCARE MT (TAACCCT IV)
4 MAIN GOALS:
Employer engagement
Curriculum
Students
Apprenticeships
Discuss 4 main goals-

17. Health Career Exploration
How do we continue to improve partnerships between schools, postsecondary education, healthcare organizations and facilities?
How do we continue to reach out to first generation students, rural youth, and Tribal communities?
How do we track students and demonstrate outcomes?
How can we pool our resources to make this happen?

18. Montana AHEC Scholars Program Development
Interprofessional Education for Health Professions Students

19. HRSA Requirements for AHEC Scholars
Interdisciplinary curriculum
40 hours of didactic per yr/2 yrs
Cover Core topic areas including:
40 hours of defined clinical activities, conducted in rural or underserved
IPE
Behavioral health integration
Community based training activities
Social determinants of health
Cultural competency
Curriculum must have
Practice transformation
IPE objectives and outcomes
Current and emerging health issues
Entry and exit points for students

20. Montana AHEC and the Scholars Program
Montana intends to work across the state with the health professions programs on our various campuses
WWAMI will be a partner, both as MT WWAMI, and the overall UW WWAMI Program
Montana submitted a proposal that envisioned use of distance technologies to create virtual cohorts of students
Regional AHEC Centers are key to engaging regional stakeholders in project design and implementation

21. Planning Year – Timeline and Major Tasks
Interviews with health professions programs on IPE lay of the land
Focus groups with students
Community/clinical site interviews
Environmental Scan
Fall 2017
Convene educational partners
Review environmental scan
Create design process and plan
Collaborative IPE Design
Winter 2018
Pilot Project Outlined
Convene stakeholders
Describe pilot participation process for campuses
Create student enrollment process
Plan for Fall 2018 Pilot
Creation/Approval of Scholars Pilot
Spring 2018

22. Assessment of IPE in Montana
Spreadsheet of environmental scan questions for academic institutions
Collection of information in standardized process across the state by regions and state staff
Overall analysis and report back to academic stakeholders to engage in project design
Student focus groups (in collaboration with academic partners)
Community site interviews (building support for IPE activities around the state)

23. Interviews with Health Professions Programs
Structured interviews of AHEC Program Office and Center staff
Deans, Department Chairs, IPE Faculty
Regional and statewide
Compiled into spreadsheet
Covers topics including:
Champions
Accreditation requirements
Didactic content
Clinical experiences
Other IPE activities
Cross campus or multi-campus efforts
Recommendations

24. Focus Groups with Students
Value they associate with interprofessional or team based learning
Interest in participating in a program that would give them a designation as a scholar
What recognition would be important if they participated in a scholar’s program
What would be barriers to participation in a scholars program

25. Collaborative Planning
From your perspective, what would it mean to be recognized as an AHEC Interprofessional Scholar?
What value would communities and healthcare organizations gain from having AHEC Interprofessional Scholars?
Can you imagine good venues for health professions students from several disciplines to have a meaningful community based experience?

26. Workforce Development
How does the AHEC Advisory Committee relate to the MT HC Workforce Advisory Committee?
What are the most critical areas for AHEC to focus on?
Are there creative solutions you have observed that we should pursue?

27. Continuing Education