Workforce Development Program
The NWPRCA's Workforce Development Program is responsible for overseeing the growth, implementation, and evaluation of the community health center (CHC) workforce, which is one of the organization's key strategic areas. In addition to this, the program also focuses on efforts related to "grow your own"/training-in-place, recruitment/retention, and employer of choice. The program also maintains vital partnerships with CHCs and other national, regional, and state entities that support and improve workforce initiatives.
The Clinical Workforce Program aims to recruit talented and diverse care teams that can relate to and support the needs of the vulnerable population CHCs serve. Our program provides core competencies training for integrated health center care teams through conferences and webinars, with a focus on managing chronic diseases and promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We also offer technical assistance, funding opportunities, and resources to support clinician workforce challenges and operations for CHCs. Additionally, our program facilitates health career pathways training programs, including the Grow Your Own Program, which matches medical students with CHCs residency programs.
The Clinical Workforce Program aims to recruit talented and diverse care teams that can relate to and support the needs of the vulnerable population CHCs serve. Our program provides core competencies training for integrated health center care teams through conferences and webinars, with a focus on managing chronic diseases and promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We also offer technical assistance, funding opportunities, and resources to support clinician workforce challenges and operations for CHCs. Additionally, our program facilitates health career pathways training programs, including the Grow Your Own Program, which matches medical students with CHCs residency programs.
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Healthcare Professional Programs Survey
NWRPCA is dedicated to identifying effective strategies that can be used to recruit and retain a high-quality workforce for community health centers located in the Pacific Northwest. We're actively seeking passionate and talented graduates who share our commitment to improving access to healthcare for the vulnerable population served by health centers (CHCs). Our goal is to gather data and determine the most effective way to promote the various opportunities available at the community health center to students and faculty in the Healthcare Professional Programs in Region X. These opportunities may include internships, job shadowing, training, mentorship, informational interviews, and career services.
The survey is brief; it will only take about five to ten minutes to complete. Please click the link below to go to the survey website.
Healthcare Professional Programs Survey
NWRPCA is dedicated to identifying effective strategies that can be used to recruit and retain a high-quality workforce for community health centers located in the Pacific Northwest. We're actively seeking passionate and talented graduates who share our commitment to improving access to healthcare for the vulnerable population served by health centers (CHCs). Our goal is to gather data and determine the most effective way to promote the various opportunities available at the community health center to students and faculty in the Healthcare Professional Programs in Region X. These opportunities may include internships, job shadowing, training, mentorship, informational interviews, and career services.
The survey is brief; it will only take about five to ten minutes to complete. Please click the link below to go to the survey website.
Healthcare Professional Programs Survey
Career Center
NWRPCA strives for a diverse workforce that mirrors Region X's diverse population in abilities, socio-cultural, linguistic, economic, ethnic, gender, education, and income backgrounds. If you're interested in a rewarding healthcare career serving the vulnerable population that CHCs serve, Community Health Centers (CHCs) may be the right fit for you. CHCs offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, flexible schedules, and professional growth opportunities. Check out the link to our career center below for job openings.
NWRPCA strives for a diverse workforce that mirrors Region X's diverse population in abilities, socio-cultural, linguistic, economic, ethnic, gender, education, and income backgrounds. If you're interested in a rewarding healthcare career serving the vulnerable population that CHCs serve, Community Health Centers (CHCs) may be the right fit for you. CHCs offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, flexible schedules, and professional growth opportunities. Check out the link to our career center below for job openings.
Education Health Center Institute
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1,209,682, with 25% financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1,209,682, with 25% financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
A.T. Still University - School of Osteopathic Medicine Arizona
The A.T. Still Program helps build the Region X workforce pipeline by introducing more students to opportunities in Northwest health centers.
Overview A.T. Still SOMA/NWRPCA Campus
Research shows that physicians are more likely to work in areas where they have gone to medical school or done their residency. The A.T. Still Program helps build the Region X workforce pipeline by introducing more students to opportunities in Northwest health centers.
- In 2008, Northwest Regional Primary Care Association (NWRPCA) partnered with Andrew Taylor (A.T.) Still University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (SOMA) and the National Association of Community Health Center (NACHC) to form a Region X community campus medical school located in Portland, Oregon. The A.T. Still SOMA/NWRPCA Regional campus is one of 11 community health center –based campuses in this innovative model.
- The A.T. Still SOMA community campus partnerships increase the number of medical students trained specifically in community and migrant health centers (CMHCs).
- The bulk of their clinical training is centered in health centers. This model has been successful in A.T. Still University’s dental school and PA school, and so was expanded to include physician training.
- Osteopathic Medicine traditionally produces a high percentage of primary care physicians and has a focus on holistic care.
- We are currently training future CMHC leaders by exposing them to the CMHC model across Region X.
- The Hometown Program is a distinctive element of our selection process. Through this program, CMHCs can identify individuals in their community whom they endorse as applicants for our medical school. This helps to identify those who meet the mission of our program: to train quality physicians who will go on to serve in our health centers.
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