8:30    Continental Breakfast
Registration Opens/Exhibits Open

9:00    Welcome and Update on Workforce Council
Janet McDaniel, PhD - Workforce Council Chair

9:15    Report on the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority
Kathy Wibberly, PhD
VDH Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy

9:30    Community Apgar
- A New Tool For Recruitment and Retention
David Schmitz, MD - Family Medicine Residency of Idaho

Idaho has developed a tool to help Critical Access Hospitals find and keep physicians. Dr. Schmitz will outline how the Community Apgar Questionnaire was developed, what the results were and what steps are planned for the future.

10:30    Break/Visit Exhibits

11:00    Workforce Shortages and Policy Implications
Stephen Petterson, PhD - Senior Health Policy Researcher
Robert Graham Center

Robert Graham Center researchers have developed rigorous methodology for overcoming known problems in workforce data and existing health professions shortage area designations, especially in rural areas.  Dr. Petterson will present findings from a 2007 analysis of primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants practicing in rural areas.  He will focus on the importance of these findings for Virginia and related policy implications.

11:45    Healthcare Workforce Data Center
Sandra Whitley Ryals
Director, Virginia Department of Health Professions

Elizabeth A. Carter, Ph.D.
Director, Virginia Department of Health Professions Healthcare Workforce Data Center

Presentation of the statewide Department of Health Professions (DHP) Healthcare Workforce Data Center (HWDC) findings and discussion of the Center's future research plans.

12:30    Lunch

1:00    Rural Healthcare Workforce Recognition Awards
Help us celebrate the significant contributions to rural communities through initiatives designed to address Virginia’s healthcare workforce shortage.

1:15    Taking the Pulse of Virginia Legislation
Delegate Dave Nutter - Virginia General Assembly
Stephen Bowman - Joint Commission on Health Care

Del. Nutter and Mr. Bowman will review recent budget and workforce actions from 2010 General Assembly Session, and review recent workforce recommendations from the Joint Commission on Health Care.

2:00    Break/Visit Exhibits

2:30    Breakout Sessions

I – Recruitment and Retention
David Schmitz, MD - Family Medicine Residency of Idaho
Dr. Schmitz will provide more detailed information about the Community Apgar assessment and discuss how recruitment and retention is being addressed at Community Health Centers.

II – Enhancing the Workforce Pipeline
Patricia A. Crawford, MS, CHES
Director Rural Outreach
WV School of Osteopathic Medicine

Lisa M. Hatcher
Allied Health Specialist
New River Community and Technical College
Our West Virginia neighbors will discuss strategies to promote workforce development in rural communities by encouraging healthcare careers. 

III – Integration of Academic Programs
Juliana Fehr, CNM, PhD, FACNM
Coordinator, Nurse-Midwifery - Shenandoah University

Shenandoah University's collaboractive programs with public and private universities to educate certified nurse midwives and psychiatric nurse practitioners to serve rural areas will be presented.

Michelle Penn-Marshall, PhD
Assistant Professor/Academic Advisor

Sherri Saunders-Goldson, MS, RN, WHNP-BC, FAANP
Assistant Professor
Hampton University has received HRSA funding to increase enrollment, retention and graduation in their baccalaureate nursing program by educating ethnic and racial minorities to work with unserved and underserved populations.  The program includes recruiting students from rural areas, developing internships in rural areas and encouraging graduates to seek jobs in rural areas.   

4:00    Meeting the Health Education Needs of Rural Virginia through Virginia’s Community Colleges
Lorri Huffard, BS, MS - Dean of the Science & Health Division
Wytheville Community College

Kathy Mitchell, BSN, MSN - Dean of Nursing and Allied Health Virginia Highlands Community College
Dean of the Virginia Appalachian Tricollege Nursing Program
This presentation will highlight innovative cooperative programs offered between community colleges in rural southwestern Virginia that were developed to better serve the health care education needs of rural Virginia.

4:45    Closing Remarks
How can lessons learned today be applied to rural Virginia? What recommendations should be made to the Workforce Council?

5:00    Adjourn Workforce Summit