Implicit race bias has been associated with poor patient/provider communication, less trust and confidence in the provider, and poor patient-centered communication, particularly with Black patients. This webinar explores an online course on implicit bias for academic teaching faculty and others developed by the University of Washington. Presenters discuss providers’ pre- and post-course bias awareness, pre-…
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted access to and the delivery of behavioral health services for both patients and social work providers. This webinar describes how practicing social workers transitioned to tele-behavioral health services during the pandemic. Presenters discuss challenges, practice innovations, and ethical/equity-focused implications to increase the use tele-behavioral health beyond the pandemic. Recommendations to ensure…
Dental therapists (DTs) are primary care dental providers, which are used globally, and were introduced in the United States in 2005. This webinar focuses on the dental therapy movement and examines the role of health equity in its adoption.
States responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with a variety of approaches to ensure adequate health workforce capacity as well as strategies to expand access to care for needed services. In order to better understand pandemic issues and challenges faced by states as well as strategies they used to address them, the Health Workforce Technical Assistance…
This webinar focuses on registered nurse (RN) research using the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN). Topics include the path to registered nursing; the validation of estimates of state-level RN distribution by hospital employment setting; and characteristics of RNs in long-term care.
This collection of research articles authored by staff from HRSA-funded Health Workforce Research Centers (HWRCs) are published together as an open access supplement in the Medical Care Research and Review journal, providing a comprehensive picture of the US health care and health support workforce today. Below are the individual articles from the supplement: COVID-19 and…
This webinar focuses on nurse practitioner (NP) research using the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN). The first presentation examined evidence that registered nurses (RNs) are becoming NPs faster today than in the past and discusses the implications of that finding. The second presentation compares NPs that completed residencies to those who did not.
This webinar examines weighting issues associated with the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN). Implications for conducting research using the 2018 NSSRN are discussed.
This tutorial demonstrates how to create a travel polygon in ArcGIS that can be used to evaluate access to health care providers.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a profound impact on the health workforce in the United States. Current issues facing the health workforce include vaccine mandates, workforce shortages, and resiliency of the workforce in the face of burnout. At the same time, while some of the changes to state and federal laws regarding the delivery…
