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

• In-a-Box: Hands-on curricula ready for your classroom!
• Educational Resources
• HIPAA Training
• Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Academy
• Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Camp
• Agricultural Medicine: Occupational & Environmental Health for Rural Health Professionals
• 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 in Partnership with Education (HIPE) Week -- HIPE Week is an opportunity to educate students about health care related professions.
• 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.
• 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 -- 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

The following Center for Rural Health staff have expertise in workforce related issues:

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