Mission: Increase the population's access to health care by providing national leadership in the development, distribution and retention of a diverse, culturally competent health workforce that can adapt to the population's changing health care needs and provide the highest quality of care for all.

Vision: A nation in which universal access and quality health care are provided, health workforce shortages are eliminated, health disparities are overcome, prevention is emphasized and health outcomes are optimal for all.

The right people, with the right skills, in the right places, to achieve the right health outcomes.

Upcoming Events

May 8, 2008 – Bureau of Health Professions All Advisory Committee Meeting

The Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) All Advisory Committee Meeting (AACM) will take place from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm on May 8, 2008 at the Hilton Washington, DC/Rockville Executive Meeting Center.  This meeting will bring together BHPr’s four advisory committees:

• the Council on Graduate Medical Education,
• the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry,
• the Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages, and
• the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice.

This meeting is open to the public. See agenda for first meeting. For more information on the AACM, send an email to comments@hrsa.gov.

BHPr Advisory Committee Meetings

Each of BHPr's four advisory committees, highlighted above, will be meeting separately before and/or after the AACM. All four of these meetings are open to the public. For more information on each of the individual advisory committee meetings, please visit the committee Web site through the above links.

Past Events

February 25-27, 2008 – Bureau of Health Professions All Programs Meeting

The BHPr 2008 All Programs Meeting took place in Washington, DC on February 25-27, 2008.  With nearly 1,200 in attendance, this meeting brought together health professions leaders from across the Nation.  The theme of the meeting was “Envisioning the Future of Health Professions.”  Over 30 national health care leaders spoke on a wide variety of health workforce topics.  BHPr grantees shared better practices through more than 150 poster presentations and multiple sessions focused on collaboration. More information on the meeting