MINUTES

MINUTES

WVRHEP RECRUITMENT & RETENTION

COMMITTEE MEETING

November 17, 2003, Days Inn, Flatwoods

Attending: Linda Atkins, Marilyn Fox, Tom Hefner, Judy Koehler, Imogene Foster for E. Jane Martin, James W. Nemitz, Sandra Y. Pope, Jo Ann Raines, Jessica Sharp. Staff: Alicia Tyler. Absent: Penny Rose Asbury, Norm Ferrari, Mike Holt, Jill Hutchinson, Sharon Lansdale, Jill McDaniel, Shirley Neel, Bob Walker, Bob Whitler. Guests: Lynn Mugaas, Ann Reynolds, Shannon Bell, Anna Reno, Elizabeth D. “Betsy” Degges, Jodie Jackson, Melissa Wheeler, Debbie Curry, Jennifer T. Plymale, Jon Willis.

Tom Hefner, serving as chair, opened the meeting. The minutes of the September 15th meeting were approved.

Staff Report

Alicia presented charts that showed outcomes of students who accepted the Health Sciences Scholarship Program (HSSP) awards.

For MD/DO students who graduated from 1996-2000:

- 41 in family practice and 21 (51%) in service (are serving or have served) in rural WV

- 6 in internal medicine and 1 in service

- 5 in medicine/pediatrics and 1 in service

- 5 in obstetrics/gynecology and 4 in service

- 7 in pediatrics and 3 in service

- 1 in psychiatry and 0 in service

For Nurse Practitioner students who graduated from 1996-2003:

- 42 students and 29 (69%) in service

- of the 2 Nurse Educator awards made in 2003, 2 are in service

For Physician Assistant students who graduated from 1996-2003:

- 21 students and 13 (62%) in service

- Physician Assistant applications have dropped off in recent years

In discussion, it was noted that interest in family practice residencies has declined nationwide. Outcomes with medical student awards are affected by life changes (e.g., marriage, children) that occur before the physician begins practice.

Health Sciences Scholarship Applications

Alicia said that 29 applications were received. The review committees recommended funding of 20. The annual HSSP appropriation is $148,500, so having funds available for future years is important. Twenty awards would involve spending the appropriation and approximately one-third (37%) of the revolving fund, which includes paybacks from previous years.

Recommended awards:

12 MD/DO students $240,000 ($20,000 each)

8 NP/PA students 80,000 ($10,000 each)

$320,000 Total

After discussion of the review process, the Committee voted on motion (Pope/Sharp) to approve the following medical students:

Marshall University School of Nursing: Christina Riter, Laura St. Clair

WVU School of Nursing: Kimberly Dawn Phillips, Tanya Lynn Rogers, Angel M. Smothers

Mountain State University: Robin Lynn Chianumba, Cheryl Lynn Clutter, Timothy M. Reed

Five of the graduate nursing students have made a commitment to fulfill their service obligation through teaching in an undergraduate nursing program in West Virginia.

Note: Committee members who reviewed medical student applications included Elaine Mason, Jim Nemitz, Jennifer Plymale, Judy Koehler, and Sandra Pope. Members who reviewed nursing applications included Martha Endres, Tom Hefner, Jacki Masi, and Anna Reno. Alicia Tyler and Jacki Masi interviewed nursing students by phone.

Updates

Jessica Sharp reported there are 120 physician assistant students at Mountain State University (MSU). They now have a graduate PA program. MSU is doing a self study to make application to begin a program for CRNAs (nurse anesthetists).

Elaine Mason reported that a Recruitment Fair would be held at WVU on November 21^st. Forty-four exhibitors have registered.

Linda Atkins reported that the national 3R Net is now recruiting nurses, and the Division of Recruitment will start registering nurses. The Division is also meeting with EMS to discuss their recruiting needs.

The Robert W. Johnson Foundation held a roundtable on graduate medical education in Texas. The Texas Medicaid office reported that the federal CMS office is giving careful review to “creative financing” using Medicaid funding.

The meeting was adjourned.