Manpower Shortage Task Force Continues Work through Subcommittees

When the Association’s Manpower Shortage Subcommittee met formally in August, the group discussed a number of issues but focused on the importance of fully funding the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards, scope of practice, physician pipeline programs, education and the possibility of GME expansion, recruitment and retention of physicians through meaningful tax credits and rural community support, and start-up business models. Now, the task force is continuing its work through three subcommittees.

The Task Force has now formed three subcommittees:

Pipeline Programs/Incentives Subcommittee

• Dr. Bill Curry, Chair
• Dr. Thomas Horton
• Dr. Hamad Husainy
• Dr. David Bramm
• Dr. Lee Carter
• Dr. Peter Strogov
• Mr. Jeff Brannon
• Dr. Bill Coleman

Black Belt Solutions/Community Engagement

• Dr. John Wheat, Chair
• Dr. Brittany Anderson, Co-Chair
• Dr. Amanda Williams
• Dr. Jeffery Stricker
• Mr. Jeff Brannon
• Mr. Joe Marchant
• Dr. Bill Coleman
• Dr. Hamad Husainy
• Dr. Amanda Williams
• Dr. Eric Wallace
• Dr. John Brandon
• Dr. Brittany Anderson

GME/Practice Incubator

• Dr. David Bramm, Chair
• Dr. Craig Lenz
• Dr. Ashleigh Butts-Wilkerson
• Dr. Jeffery Stricker
• Dr. Peter Strogov

The Pipeline Programs/Incentives Subcommittee and the Black Belt Solutions/Community Engagement subcommittees have already held their first conference calls to better determine the state of each area and begin the process of determining what challenges they can expect and work to determine potential solutions. The GME/Practice Incubator Subcommittee is scheduled to hold a call on Oct. 11.