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Mary Amundson, MA

Mary Amundson is an assistant professor in the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Grand Forks, ND. Amundson has been employed at the Center for Rural Health since 1989. Prior to joining the Center for Rural Health, Amundson served as the Social Service Director at the Good Samaritan Center in Larimore, N.D., a position she held for 12 years.

Amundson has made local, regional and national presentations in the area of recruitment and retention of health care providers and student interdisciplinary service learning programs. Both of these areas address access to health care in underserved and frontier areas. Amundson is also involved in the documentation of the state's Health Professional Shortage Areas, Medically Underserved Areas and mapping the state's Frontier areas. Publications include an article in the Texas Journal of Rural Health, "North Dakota 's Interdisciplinary Fellowship Training Program for Medical and Allied Health Students" as well as several health-related newsletters and has written several grants.

Currently, she serves as a member of the Frontier Definition Committee, a committee convened at the request of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to issue regulations to define the concept of "frontier" area. She also serves on the National Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-based Linkages, which advises Congress on Title VII programs related to educational training for health professional students. Amundson also serves on the Psychiatric Mental & Health Nursing Advisory Committee for the University of North Dakota College of Nursing which is very interested in placing these health professionals in underserved and frontier areas.

Other current committee positions include the Board of Directors for Agriwellness, Inc, a network of seven states concerned about issues related to farm and ranch family crisis in frontier and rural areas, the Third Street Clinic Board of Directors which provides a system whereby underserved populations receive health care, Regional and Local Dental Task Force, Mayor's Health and Human Services Cabinet - Grand Forks, N.D., and the National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network Board of Directors. She has served on Health Resources Services Administration objective review panels.

In the past, Amundson served on the National Health Service Corps Re-engineering Committee which addresses provider placement in frontier and underserved areas, the Mayor's Task Force on Health and Human Services Flood Recovery, Western Governors' Virtual University Working Group, Family Nurse Practitioner Advisory Committee, the University of North Dakota Nursing Center Advisory Committee, National Primary Care Office/Primary Care Association Workgroup, and the Nursing Home Social Workers of North Dakota.

Amundson received her Bachelor of Science degree from North Dakota State University at Fargo and her Master of Arts degree from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks.

Contact Information:

Tel: (701) 777-4018
Email: mamundson@medicine.nodak.edu
Web site: http://ruralhealth.und.edu

Projects

  • Health Workforce Summit -- Planning Together to Meet North Dakota’s Future Health Care Needs was held on December 5, 2006, in Bismarck, ND.
  • Non-Physician Clinician Workforce Study -- The NPC (Non-Physician Clinician) project will provide demographic information on the practicing physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners in North Dakota to assist in future workforce projections for these disciplines.
  • SEARCH -- 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

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.
  • Current Status of the Health Care Workforce in North Dakota
    Presented by Moulton, P. & Amundson, M. on Mar 21, 2007 at the Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, Mandan, ND.
  • Current Status of the Health Care Workforce in North Dakota
    Presented by Moulton, P. & Amundson, M. on Mar 20, 2007 at the 2007 Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, Mandan, ND.
  • North Dakota Health Care Workforce Summit Review
    Presented by Amundson, M. on Feb 13, 2007 at the North Dakota Nurses Association Legislative Day Conference, Bismarck, ND.
    Keynote presentation.
  • The SEARCH Program and the National Health Service Corps
    Presented by Amundson, M. on Jan 17, 2007 at the College of Nursing, Grand Forks, ND.
  • Current and Projected Workforce: North Dakota and National Perspectives
    Presented by Moulton, P. & Amundson, M. on Dec 5, 2006 at the Health Care Workforce Summit, Bismarck, ND.
  • The SEARCH Program and the National Health Service Corps
    Presented by Amundson, M. on Oct 24, 2006 at the National Primary Care Week, Grand Forks, ND.
  • Recruitment and Retention Strategies
    Presented by Amundson, M. on Aug 1, 2006 at the McKenzie County Healthcare System, Watford City, ND.
  • Recruitment and Retention Strategies
    Presented by Amundson, M. on Jun 23, 2005 at the Indian Health Services Conference, Sioux Falls, SD.
    Discusses trends that impact recruitment and retention. Provides an overview of the recruitment process; recruitment strategies; screening/interviewing candidates; retention; national and state resources; and the J-1 Process.
  • Retention -- Long Term Planning for Recruitment and Retention
    Presented by Amundson, M. on Mar 8, 2005 at the Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, Bismarck, ND.
    Discusses principles of retention and the development of a workforce plan for requirement.

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