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Resources by Topic: Health workforce pipeline

Health Careers Opportunity Program: Academic Years 2015-2020
Describes activities of the Health Resources & Services Administration's Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP), in providing grants to educational institutions to create health professions pipeline programs for people from economically and/or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. Features U.S. maps showing locations of 2015-2020 HCOP awardees and HCOP training sites by primary care setting and underserved/rural status, and statistics on HCOP participants, including percentage with rural backgrounds.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Case Study: Hospital Partners with Local High Schools to Prepare Students for Health Care Professions
Discusses the structure and organization of Box Butte General Hospital's (BBGH) Health Professions Club, which engages local high school students in healthcare career preparation activities in Alliance, Nebraska. Covers program goals, including educating area students about healthcare careers and creating and recruiting a well-prepared rural healthcare workforce.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Bryan Health
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Area Health Education Centers Directory
Directory of Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) and AHEC Programs by state. AHECs work to recruit, train, and retain health professionals committed to underserved populations.
Type: Directory
Sponsoring organization: National AHEC Organization
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