1. Medical Experience (MedEx) Academy Workforce for Health Taskforce Meeting August 16, Brenda J. Thames, EdD Executive Vice President and Provost, GHS Health Sciences Center and Associate Dean for Culture and Inclusivity, USC School of Medicine Greenville

2. MedEx Academy An Innovative “Pipeline” Program for Health Care Careers
Vision: A transformative pipeline program for health
care careers
Mission: Innovative teaching and learning to promote
health care careers
Goal: To equip high school seniors and college
undergraduates to make more informed career
decisions and prepare for advance
training/education in health care

3. Healthcare Workforce Direction
Education and Workforce Development
Strategic Roadmap - “Grow our Own”
Healthcare Workforce Direction
A GHS Workforce Development Model for Healthcare Careers
Goal: To establish a system-wide healthcare workforce development approach to address health professions shortages.
GHS Workforce Priorities:
Workforce shortages
Training and retooling of current workforce
Education and training of the future workforce
(MedEx Academy – A Pipeline to Health Careers)

4. A Workforce Development Model for Health Care Careers
Health Care Workforce Direction
A Workforce Development Model for Health Care Careers
Health Care Workforce Direction Mission: To develop an innovative, research-based, comprehensive workforce development model that outlines multiple pathways for learning experiences designed to engage and challenge students.
Human Resources
Academic Development
= Health Care
Workforce
UNDERGRADUATE
- Health Science
Cardiovascular (BS)
- Nursing School
- Allied Health (Clinical)
- MedEx Tiers 2 , 3, 4
- Nurse Externs
(MedEx Tier 4)
- Internships
K-6
7-8
9-12
GRADUATE/ ADVANCED TRAINING
Graduate Medical Education
(GME)
Health Careers Club
Health
Sciences
Career
Center
Child Advocacy
Career Day
Medical Experience
(Med-Ex) Academy
Tier 1
LIFE LONG
LEARNING
- Leadership &
Professional
Development
- Continuing
Medical
Education (CME)
Medical School (MD)
Pharmacy (PharmD)
Safety Patrol
Dream Connectors
Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA)
Spiritual Care Education
Health Care Workforce
Health Care Workforce Direction Rationale
A crucial factor precipitating the health-care-work-force crisis is a lack of comprehensive workforce planning on the parts of academe, government, and the health-care professions. We need strategic direction instead of the current piecemeal approach at the national and state levels. The institutions that educate the nation’s future health-care professionals must work together to devise innovative solutions to the myriad challenges we face – and must finance them, too Source: The Chronicle Review – November 2, 2007
Goal
To establish a system-wide health care workforce development approach to address health
professions shortages
Strategies
Focus on increasing and improving the diverse pool of health care professionals
Inspire students to be successfully-employed, future health care professionals
Brand healthcare competencies across the lifespan of the continuum
Create an electronic student learning portfolio
Align best practices quality measures across the model appropriate for each core component
Integrate inter-professional learning opportunities (focus on teamwork)
Provide community service learning opportunities for each core component
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5. Medical Experience (MedEx) Academy
Preparing Students for the Future Health Care Environment

6. MedEx Academy Overview – 4 Tiers
Al Squire
Executive Director, Medical Experience (MedEx) Academy
Greenville Health System
MedEx Academy is a 4 – Tier aligned experience designed to enhance learning and bridge the gap across health care professions.
TIERS
STUDENTS
Tier 1
Rising high school seniors engage in clinical and non-clinical health care experiences that will guide their career decisions
Tier 2
College freshmen/sophomores engage in interdisciplinary clinical and non-clinical health care experiences that will guide their career decisions
Tier 3
College sophomores/juniors engage in interdisciplinary clinical and
non-clinical health care experiences that will position them for Tier 4
Tier 4
Rising college seniors engage in interdisciplinary “specialized” health care experiences that prepare them for advanced training and professional careers
Tier 5
(to be determined)
What are the future needs for MedEx Academy?

7. MedEx Program Certifications, Activities, & Assessments
 Tiers
Certifications/Activities
All Tiers
BLS Certification (Healthcare Provider level CPR)
QPR (Question, Persuade, and Refer) Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention 
Tier 3
Bibliotherapy (Expressive therapy that involves storytelling or the reading of specific texts with the purpose of healing)
Tier 4
(Gap year students)
CNA (Certified Nurse Assistant Training)
Instructional Activities  (Depth and breadth varies by Tier)
Academic Guidance
Career exploration
Clinical experiences
Medical Research
Orientation, Compliance, & Program Operations
Patient-Centered Learning
Professional Development
Team-based Leadership
Program Assessments (Depth and breadth varies by Tier)
 Health Risk Assessment
HIPAA Compliance
AIDET
Clinical Research
Self-Reflection Journal

8. MedEx Academy Growth

9. Medical Experience (MedEx) Academy
Student Demographics

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12. 2018 Undergraduate Demographics
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13. Medical Experience (MedEx) Academy A Pipeline to Medical School

14. USC School of Medicine Greenville (Pipeline Program Highlights)
MedEx Academy and Medical School
USC School of Medicine Greenville
(Pipeline Program Highlights)
Class of 2016: 2 of  54 matriculating students (4%)
Class of 2017:  8 of 53 matriculating students (15%)
Class of 2018:  7 of 82 matriculating students (8.5%)
Class of 2019:  14 of 99 matriculating students (14%)
Class of 2020:  10 of 103 matriculating students (10%)
Class of 2021:  17 of 105 matriculating students (16%)
Class of 2022: 16 of 104 matriculating students (15%)
Note: MedEx Academy received commendations as a “best practice” Medical School pipeline from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) during the provisional accreditation.

15. Partnering to Create an Innovative Pipeline Program to
GHS Medical Experience (MedEx) Academy
Claflin University USC School of Medicine Greenville
Partnering to Create an Innovative Pipeline Program to
Prepare Students to
Enter and Succeed in Medical School

16. A “Pipeline” to Medical School
Overall Goal:
To build a collaborative “pipeline” model focused on preparing students for entry and success in Medical School.
Function:
This model will include partners (academic and clinical) focused on increasing the pool of diverse students prepared to enter and succeed in Medical School. Building on the success of the GHS MedEx Academy, this collaboration will provide a pipeline for students pursuing a career in medicine.
Key Partners:
Claflin University
GHS MedEx Academy
USC School of Medicine Greenville
GHS
Medical Experience
(MedEx)
Academy
Greenville
Health
System
Claflin
University
USC
School of
Medicine

17. Strategic Institutional Leaders
Brenda J. Thames, EdD
Executive Vice President & Provost
GHS Health Sciences Center
Jerry R. Youkey, MD
Dean
USC School of Medicine Greenville
Karl Wright, PhD
Provost &
Chief Academic Officer
Claflin University
Program Leaders – Implementation Team
Verlie A. Tisdale, PhD Dean, School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics & Professor of Biology Claflin University
Paul Catalana, MD Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Admissions
University of South Carolina
School of Medicine Greenville
Al Squire, MS
Director, Medical Experience (MedEx) Academy
Greenville Health System

18. Financial Support from Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of South Carolina for a 2 Year Pilot $224,000 over 2 Years

19. MedEx Academy
“It’s not a program…
it’s a relationship”

20. Medical Experience (MedEx) Academy
GHS Health Sciences Center Pipeline Program

21. QUESTIONS