Reports > State
Responses to Health Worker Shortages: Results of 2002 Survey of
States > State Details > Alaska
Task
Force, Commission or Panel
- The Workforce
Development Committee to identify short and long term solutions
to Alaska's healthcare workforce shortages
- The Healthcare
Consortium, composed of educators, healthcare providers and professionals
interested in workforce development
- The "Need
for Nurses" Team to address nurse recruitment and retention
issues
- The "Allied
Health" Team to address allied health recruitment and retention
issues
- The "K-12
New Worker" Team to promote health careers
For
more information on all five: Alaska
State Hospital and Nursing Home Association
Scholarships,
Loan Repayment
- The Alaska
Native Tribal Health Consortium offers support for student internships
and post-secondary education in any healthcare related occupation/profession.
For more information: Alaska Native
Tribal Health Consortium
Career
Ladder Development
- The Alaska
Native Tribal Health Consortium started an employee retention
project that included career ladder development for entry-level
workers.
- A 4-year
education program in medical technology is under development and
will articulate with a 2-year medical laboratory program.
- Y-K Medical
Center has developed a career pathway outreach program that includes
distance learning and training for RNs, LPNs, physician assistants,
and other related professions.
Marketing
Health Careers
- The K-12/New
Worker Team is establishing links and partnerships with school
districts and post-secondary institutions to provide teachers
and students with information on healthcare career opportunities
and education and training available in the state and nationally.
Labor
Department/Workforce Investment Board
- The
Healthcare Consortium is working with the Workforce Investment
Agency to explore use of WIA funding for health worker training.
Data
Collection
- The Recruitment
and Retention Committee of the Alaska Colleagues in Caring is
planning a survey of health care employers.
Other
- Clinical
assistant education will be available through distance learning
networks.
- The University
Medical School is examining health care career training in the
Anchorage area.
- A Workforce
Summit was held in April 2002 and focused on the retention of
current health workers and recruitment of new health care workers.
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