Through their efforts, we're learning more about the supply, training, diversity, and geographic distribution of the health care workforce. This Center works in partnership with academic institutions, states, and private organizations. HRSA's commitment to faculty development reaches across the broad spectrum of medical disciplines. The Ambulatory Pediatric Association, under contract with HRSA, created a general pediatric faculty development program that focuses on training in an ambulatory setting. With our support, the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, devised a five-year strategic plan for faculty development in family medicine.
Training workshops are to be provided in priority areas.
Currently, family medicine faculty competencies are being developed for many faculty positions with the hope that individual faculty members and department leaders will find these useful. The HRSA-Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse interdisciplinary fellowship program is a demonstration project that looks at how to improve substance abuse education in academic health centers and community centers. The program focuses on the team approach to problem solving by training doctors, nurses, dentists, and social workers together to improve our ability to help people fight the terrible effects of substance abuse. The Genetics in Primary Care faculty development initiative is a three-year project designed to enhance the ability of faculty to incorporate the clinical application of genetic information into undergraduate and graduate primary care medical education. We also support faculty development through our Geriatrics Education Centers where the emphasis is on the development of collaborative arrangements involving several health professions schools and health care facilities.