Mary Amundson, MA

Mary Amundson is an assistant professor for the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS). In this position, Amundson directs the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and other recruitment programs. She has been with the SMHS since 1989.

Amundson serves on the National Health Service Corps Advisory Council, the UND SHMHS Admissions Committee, and the Program Director’s Constituency Group for the National AHEC program. Amundson was elected to the Board of Directors for the Essential Institute of Rural Health and is a past board member for the National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network. She has provided testimony to the U.S. Congressional Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, and has served on the National Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages.

Amundson has a master’s degree from UND, and a bachelor’s degree from North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND.

Established in 1980, the Center for Rural Health is one of the nation's most experienced rural health organizations. It has developed a full complement of programs to assist researchers, educators, policymakers, health care providers and, most importantly, rural residents to address changing rural environments by identifying and researching rural health issues, analyzing health policy, strengthening local capabilities, developing community-based alternatives, and advocating for rural concerns.

Contact Information:

Tel:	(701) 777-4018
Email:	mary.amundson@med.und.edu
Website:	http://ruralhealth.und.edu

Projects

• Student/Resident Experiences & Rotations in Community Health Program -- The SEARCH (Student/Resident Experiences And Rotations in Community Health) program provides health professions students and residents with opportunities to work on interdisciplinary health care teams.

Publications

• Proposed Health Professional Shortage Area Designations: Impact on North Dakota, Lang, T. & Amundson, M., April 28 2008
  Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/Ps) are shortage designations used to identify areas of greatest health needs for which resources can be targeted, such as placement of National Health Service Corps (NHSC) scholars and loan repayors and Community and Migrant Health Center (CHCs, MHC) programs. HPSAs and MUA/Ps designated shortage areas are also the vehicle by which Rural Health Clinics obtain their certification. Additionally, over 40 federal programs have attached HPSA and/or MUA/P designation as criteria to access those programs and funds, including the Medicare incentive program for physicians.
• Hearing on the Need for Green Cards for Highly Skilled Workers, Amundson, M., June 12, 2008
  Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law
• An Innovative Approach to Student Internships on American Indian Reservations, Amundson, M., Journal of Interprofessional Care 2007
  
• North Dakota Health Care Workforce: Planning Together to Meet Future Health Care Needs (Part I), Wakefield, M., Amundson, M., Moulton, P., & Gibbens, B., January 2007
  
• North Dakota Health Care Workforce: Planning Together to Meet Future Health Care Needs (Part II), Amundson, M., Moulton, P., Wakefield, M., Beattie, S., & Gibbens, B., April 2007
  
• Preparing Health Professionals for Tomorrow, Amundson, M., National Area Health Education Center Bulletin, Autumn/Winter 2007
  
• North Dakota Health Professions: Dentists, Amundson, M., Spring 2005
  
• Primary Care Providers, Amundson, M., Summer 2005
  
• North Dakota Dentists Survey Results from the Health Profession Tracking Program, Amundson, M., Moulton, P., Beyer, M., Kruger, G., Speaker, K., Zavalney, B., Monley, K., March 2005
  
• Medical Student and Resident from the Health Professions Tracking Program, Amundson, M. and Moulton, P., January 2005
  
• A Survey of North Dakota Physicians from the Health Profession Tracking Program, Mary Amundson, M., Moulton, P., Kruger, G., Speaker, K., Zavalney, B., & Monley, K., March 2005
  
• Evaluation of North Dakota's National Health Service Corp Fellowship Program, Muus, K., & Amundson, M., Texas Journal of Rural Health, Vol. XVII, No 1 1998
  
• National Health Service Corp Fellowship Program, Amundson, M., Family Practice Quarterly, Spring, Vol. 21, No. 1 1995
  

Presentations

• Ambassadors In Action
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Jul 28, 2008 at the National Health Service Corps Ambassador’s Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
  
• Don’t Go It Alone: Identifying Effective External Partnerships
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Jul 28, 2008 at the National Health Service Corps Ambassador’s Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
  
• Health Care Workforce Shortages: Crisis in the Making
  Presented by Amundson, M., Moulton, P. & Lang, T. on Mar 27, 2008 at the Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, Fargo, ND.
  This presentation will identify trends and projections of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dentists, and nurses in North Dakota. The impact of future shortages will be discussed at the county level. In addition, this presentation will include a discussion of federal health professional shortage area designations and the impact of these designations on communities.
• Challenges to Sustaining the Rural Health Workforce in Today’s Environment
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Nov 2, 2007 at the Louisiana Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health conference, Baton Rouge.
  
• Nuts & Bolts of J-1 Recruiting
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Sep 11, 2007 at the Wyoming Rural Health Conference, Cheynne, WY.
  
• Recruitment and Retention Committee Roles
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Sep 6, 2007 at the Indian Health Service's Recruitment and Retention Conference, Mandan, ND.
  
• Center for Rural Health Recruitment Activities
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Aug 25, 2007 at the CAH Boot Camp Meeting, Dickinson, ND.
  
• Recruitment and Retention Committee Roles
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Jul 31, 2007 at the Park River Hospital Board Meeting, Park River, ND.
  
• Recruitment and Retention
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Jun 28, 2007 at the Colorado Rural Health Conference, Burlington, CO.
  
• Recruitment and Retention: Committee Roles
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Jun 19, 2007 at the Rolla Recruitment Committee, Rolla, ND.
  
• Recruitment and Retention Tool Kit
  Presented by Amundson, M. on Jun 8, 2007 at the Colorado Rural Health Conference, Trinidad, CO.
  Keynote presentation.