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Committee on Pediatric Workforce
Message
from the Committee Chairperson :
Welcome
to the AAP Committee on Pediatric Workforce (COPW) Web page.
The
Committee manages issues pertaining to the supply, requirements, demographics,
and geographic distribution of general pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists
and pediatric surgical specialists. Topics and trends that shape the pediatrician
workforce include the funding of graduate medical education (GME), international
medical graduates, culturally effective care, workforce diversity, and the growing
number of women pediatricians in the workforce, and the scope of practice of nonphysician clinicians. The COPW uses its analyses of these issues as a basis for formulating the Academy's workforce policy, as well as AAP responses to government agencies, regulatory bodies, and health care organizations on physician workforce issues.
The Committee has been looking at the referral patterns of general pediatricians. In particular, the COPW is looking at changes in preferences and satisfaction over a 10-year period. This encompasses the influence of patient age on referral patterns of children to pediatric and adult subspecialists
The Committee is currently revising its flagship policy statement on the pediatrician workforce. It will be refocused to better serve the AAP as an advocacy tool. It will address emerging physician workforce issues, while continuing to articulate prior concerns about the adequacy of the pediatrician supply and maldistribution of pediatricians, pediatric subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists.
A list of the AAP policy statements authored by the COPW is provided below.
In addition to policy statement development, the Committee is working with external organizations, such as the American Medical Association, on advancing a wide range of issues, including workforce diversity. The Committee has consequently developed a set of resources to inform the discussion of policymakers, medical organizations, and other stakeholders in physician workforce issues. I encourage you to check the Committee's web page frequently for new resources and updates on the Committee's work.
Sincerely
yours,
Beth
A. Pletcher, MD, FACMG, FAAP
Chairperson
COPW
Members, 2007 - 2008 Beth
A. Pletcher, MD, Newark,
NJ, Chairperson
William T. Basco, MD, Charleston, SC
Luisa
I. Alvarado-Domenech, MD, Coto Laurel, PR
Andrew J. Hotaling, MD,
Section Representative, Maywood, IL
Gail A. McGuinness, MD, Liaison,
American Board of Pediatrics
Mary E. Rimsza, MD, Scottsdale, AZ
Scott A. Shipman, MD, MPH, Hanover, NH
Richard P. Shugerman, MD,
Seattle, WA
Rachel Wallace Tellez, MD, MS, Silver Spring, MD
NEW COPW
Agenda Book - April 2009 Meeting
COPW
Issue Discussions
At
each meeting, the Committee sets aside time to hold one or more issue discussions
on topics that are integral to the pediatrician workforce. Provided below are
the links to the Powerpoint presentations from our September 2007 and September 2008 meetings.
Physician Workforce Considerations (Adobe)
Workforce
Issues in Puerto Rico (Powerpoint)
Recent
State-Level Workforce Studies (Powerpoint)
Related
AAP Links
Division
of Workforce and Medical Education Policy
Women
in Pediatrics
Committee
on Pediatric Education
Division of State Government Affairs
Section on Residents
Section on Young Physicians
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The
Committee on Pediatric Workforce is managed through the AAP Division of Workforce
and Medical Education Policy. For additional resources related to GME and
physician workforce issues, please visit the Division's
Web page. COPW
Staff:
Holly J. Mulvey,
MA, COPW Principal Staff
Director
Division of Workforce and Medical Education
Policy
800/433-9016, x7915
hmulvey@aap.org
Ethan Alexander Jewett,
MA
Senior Health Policy Analyst
Division of Workforce and Medical Education
Policy
800/433-9016, x7914
ejewett@aap.org
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