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Terri Lang, BA
Terri Lang is a project coordinator at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Center for Rural Health. In her position, Lang oversees the Center for Rural Health’s satellite office located in Minot, N.D. and provides analysis on health professional shortage area and medically underserved area/population designations for North Dakota. In addition, Lang works on the National Health Service Corps Student/Resident Experiences And Rotations in Community Health (SEARCH) grant and assists with the Health Professions Tracking Program.
Lang has been employed by the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences since June 1980 and has been with the Center for Rural Health since January 2002. Before joining the Center for Rural Health, Lang worked as an administrative secretary III in the Department of Community Medicine with the physician assistant program and the Division of Primary Care.
Currently, Lang is a member the North Dakota Academy of Physician Assistants’ Board and serves as their executive secretary. She is also a committee member for a number of national and statewide committees including the Designations Issues Group and the Mental Health Professional Shortage Area Designations Focus Group.
Lang received her Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration in 1980 from Minot State University.
Contact Information:
Projects
- Primary Care Office -- The North Dakota Primary Care Office (PCO) program is a subcontract with the North Dakota State Health Department for shortage area designation activities.
- 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
- 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.
- North Dakota Nursing Supply and Demand Projections, Moulton, P., & Lang, T., July 2008
- North Dakota Nursing Faculty Survey Results, Lang, T., & Moulton, P., July 2008
Presentations
- North Dakota Nursing Needs Study, Year 6
Presented by Moulton, P., & Lang, T. on
Jul 17,
2008 at the North Dakota Board of Nursing, Bismarck, ND.
- 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.
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