Workforce

This topic page provides a brief overview of the Center for Rural Health’s activities relating to Workforce. This workforce section contains a list of projects, key staff, and information pulled from the publications, presentations, events, news, and maps section of the CRH web site.

Projects

• Health in Partnership with Education (HIPE) Week
• Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Camp
• Area Health Education Center Program -- The purpose of the AHEC is to improve the distribution, diversity, supply and quality of health care personnel in the health care services delivery system.
• Health Workforce Information Center -- Provides free access to the most recent resources on the nation’s health workforce in one easy-to-use online location.
• North Dakota Nursing Needs Study -- The North Dakota Nursing Needs Study is a comprehensive, ten-year project that tracks supply and demand of nursing in North Dakota.
• Primary Care Office -- The North Dakota Primary Care Office (PCO) program is a subcontract with the North Dakota State Health Department for recruitment and retention assistance and shortage area designation activities.
• State Office of Rural Health -- A federal-state partnership to help rural communities build their health care services through public and private partnerships and initiatives in rural health development.
• Student/Resident Experiences & Rotations in Community Health Program 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.

Staff

• Dickson, Lynette
• Lang, Terri
• Nissen, Kylie
• Ortiz, Aaron