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Center for Workforce Studies

Saturday, November 7

1:00 - 2:00p

SIGNS of Shortages?

What are the trends in access to physician services? What can they tell us about possible physician shortages, now or in the future? This session will present Statistical Indicators to Gauge Need and Shortages (SIGNS) that focus on measures of access as potential indicators of a shortage of physicians.

Speakers:

Michael J. Dill
Senior Data Analyst
AAMC, Center for Workforce Studies

Sana Danish, M.P.P.
Data Analyst
AAMC, Center for Workforce Studies

 

Hynes Convention Center
Room 108

2:30 - 3:45p

Academic Medical Center Innovations in Community Health Services Delivery

Can academic medical centers (AMCs) be models of high quality, cost effective care to their communities? If so, can they educate and train the next generation of physicians in these settings? Three innovative leaders of AMCs will present their experiences and views.

Moderator:

Scott Shipman, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Researcher
AAMC, Center for Workforce Studies

Discussants:

J. Lloyd Michener, M.D.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Community and Family Medicine
Duke University Medical Center

David S. Hefner
Senior Advisor, AAMC
Former President University of Chicago Medical Center

Arthur Kaufman, M.D.
Vice President for Community Health Professor Family and Community Medicine
University of New Mexico

 

Hynes Convention Center
Room 108

4:00 - 5:00p

What's Happening with the Primary Care Workforce? Preliminary Results of a AAMC 2009 Survey

What are the latest trends in the supply and demand for primary care physicians? Is health reform likely to increase the supply or make the shortage worse? Preliminary results of a new physician survey sponsored by AAMC, AAFP, AAP, ACP, AMA, and AACOM will be presented.

Speaker:

Edward Salsberg, M.P.A.
Director
AAMC, Center for Workforce Studies

 

Hynes Convention Center
Room 108

Sunday, November 8

9:00 - 10:00a

Health Care Reform and the Physician Workforce

This annual address will review recent trends and data related to the supply, demand and use of physicians. This will also include the potential impact of proposals for health care reform on the physician workforce.

Speaker:

Edward Salsberg, M.P.A.
Director
AAMC, Center for Workforce Studies

 

Hynes Convention Center
Room 102

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