273857 Who Will Care For Us? Meeting expanded demand for health professionals

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 : 3:10 PM - 3:30 PM

Catherine Dower, JD , Center for the Health Professions, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Changing demographics and new policy decisions will increase demand for health care services. To meet this immediate increased demand, we must look to existing sources of providers, including foreign-trained practitioners and providers who are not practicing at the top of their education due to outdated scope of practice laws.

Learning Areas:
Diversity and culture
Ethics, professional and legal requirements
Provision of health care to the public

Learning Objectives:
List drivers of increased demand for health care. Identify pools of existing providers whose capacity has not been fully tapped. Explain roles foreign trained providers can play in US health system. Discuss value of updating scope of practice laws for health care providers.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have close to 20 years professional experience conducting research and policy projects focused on health care workforce supply and distribution, with significant attention to legal scopes of practice and foreign trained providers. My professional education and licensing is in law.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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