VIRTUAL: Rebuilding the Healthcare Workforce
Date and Time
Thursday Jun 4, 2020
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
Location
This event will be held via Zoom. The event will be recorded and made available on the Partnership website afterwards.
Fees/Admission
There is no charge for the Zoom meeting. A link will be send to you in an event confirmation email after you register.
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Contact Information
Sanjita Pradhan
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Description
A study released in January 2020 by the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine found Iowa is short 361 physicians across eight different specialties.
According to the Iowa Board of Nursing as of 2019 there were 47,812 Registered Nurses in Iowa. Forty two percent of them are fifty and older and twenty two percent (22%) of Iowa nurses are eligible to retire now. In addition to nursing workforce there is a shortage of nursing instructors. Nursing faculty members in the state total 1010 with thirty seven percent (37%) of them over 50.
Retirement of significant number of healthcare workers, declining native population, significant growth in the foreign-born and other diverse demographics, increased interest and need in building culturally and linguistically appropriate healthcare and aging populations all make ‘Rebuilding the Healthcare Workforce’ a topic of great interest and urgency.
Please join us for this important conversation with a panel of experts to discuss these issues and possible solutions.
