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  • January 20, 2015 UC SAN FRANCISCO Jennifer O’Brien, Assistant Vice Chancellor/Public Affairs Source: Scott Maier (415) 502-6397 (NEWS) E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ucsf.edu Twitter: @samaier    
  • January 19, 2015 Project: Job Mobility in Long-term Care Although the long-term care (LTC) industry expects substantial growth in employment opportunities to meet the growing health care demands of aging Baby Boomers, the rate of exit from long-term care jobs is outpacing the rate of entry. This is a major finding of our report examining the demographics, socioeconomic status, and job mobility of workers by LTC sector and occupation.
  • December 22, 2014 Angela Marks, MSEd, and Susan Chapman, PhD, RN, FAAN of the UCSF Center for Health Professions have just released their report, Certified Nursing Assistant Programs in California: A Survey of Community Colleges.
  • December 16, 2014 We will conduct 4 new projects in the second year of our Cooperative Agreement, as well as a supplementary study that is supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Click on the Projects page to find out more.
  • December 12, 2014 The UCSF Health Workforce Research Center has completed Year 1 in its four-year cooperative agreement with the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA), within the U.S. Bureau of Health Workforce. During this year we completed two reports, are near completion on two others, provided “quick turnaround” projects to NCHWA, and developed our communications platforms. Click here to read the full newsletter. 
  • November 03, 2014 UC SAN FRANCISCO Jennifer O’Brien, Assistant Vice Chancellor/Public Affairs Source: Karin Rush-Monroe (415) 502-6397 (NEWS) E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ucsf.edu  Twitter: @KarinRushMonroe   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 3, 2014   State Training Standards for Personal Care Aides Inadequate and Inconsistent
  • October 31, 2014 Project: Training Requirements for Personal Care Aides across the 50 States  
  • August 06, 2014 Webinar Invitation: Economic Recovery and the Nursing Labor Market in California Register now! LINK HERE
  • March 21, 2014 The January-February 2014 issue of Nursing Economics includes a paper by Joanne Spetz, Director of the UCSF Health Workforce Research Center, on the potential impacts of the Affordable Care Act on the nursing workforce. Read the article at http://www.nursingeconomics.net/necfiles/news/JF_14_42.pdf
  • March 21, 2014 The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop, “Examining Health Care Competition,” on March 20-21, 2014. Joanne Spetz, Director of the UCSF Health Workforce Research Center, will be speaking as part of a roundtable on health professions scope of practice. Learn more at http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events-calendar/2014/03/examining-health-...

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