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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><h4 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1E518A'>Call for Abstracts Now Open</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p>The AAMC Center for Workforce Studies is currently soliciting abstracts related to health workforce research for presentations at the 11th Annual Health Workforce Research Conference, which will be held April 30-May 1, 2015, in the Washington, D.C. area. The theme of this year’s conference is <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Transforming the Health Workforce: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly</span></em>. We are excited to announce that this year’s keynote speaker will be Alan Weil, Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs and former executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP). <br><br>The AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference is the premier opportunity for researchers, educators, and policymakers to meet and discuss state and federal workforce issues. <br><br>Abstracts will be accepted online <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>through January 9, 2015</span></strong>, at <a href="http://www.cvent.com/events/mproc.aspx?m=3177540c-dd6b-4b41-96f7-b917a0c5f671&u=https%3a%2f%2fwww.aamc.org%2fdata%2fworkforce%2fmeetings%2f&l=https%3a%2f%2fwww.aamc.org%2fdata%2fworkforce%2fmeetings%2f"><b><span style='color:#013A71'>https://www.aamc.org/data/workforce/meetings/</span></b></a>. <br><br>Applicants are welcome to submit either individual abstracts as a presentation or poster, or full panels of three to four related presentations. Abstracts not accepted for a panel presentation may also be considered for a poster. The Conference Advisory Committee is particularly interested in research that informs health workforce policy. Both quantitative and qualitative research will be considered.<br><br>Topics of interest include:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Workforce Implications of New Care Delivery Models and Health System Redesign<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Health Workforce Supply and Demand (Physicians, NPs, PAs, allied health, other)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Use of technology (e.g. telehealth, virtual clinics, email and phone visits)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Rural/Underserved Communities<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Diversity and Health Equity<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Social Determinants of Health<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Interprofessional Education<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Productivity/Efficiency<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Health Workforce Pipeline<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Career Pathways<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>State Workforce Studies<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Specialty Workforce Studies<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>New/Innovative Uses of Data or Analytic Methods <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal>For more information, visit: <a href="htp://www.aamc.org/workforce" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#013A71'>www.aamc.org/workforce</span></b></a>. <span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Nancy Cooper<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Coordinator, Health Policy Fellowship<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>307 Grosvenor Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>740-593-2017 (office)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>740-707-8425 (cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>740-593-1730 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="mailto:coopern@ohio.edu">coopern@ohio.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/hpf">http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/hpf</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>