The Doermer Family Center for Health Science Education is being built to provide learning spaces for the healthcare-related programs of the University of Saint Francis. The need for health care in the United States will reach a crisis in the early years of the 21st century, with a shortage of qualified, trained professionals in the fields represented by our students and academic programs. As the baby boomer population ages, the demand for physical and occupational therapy will increase.
Urban hospitals are especially likely to have difficulty filling nursing vacancies.
Physician assistants will be highly sought after. Surgical Technologists and paramedics will be needed more than ever. Radiologic technologists are in short supply. And the need for continuing education for healthcare practitioners is expected to be great. The University of Saint Francis is poised to serve all of these needs by providing quality professionals.