Health Services Research

Cross-Cutting

Special Symposium

(603085) SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: Critical Examination of the Rehabilitation Health Services Research Workforce

Presenter(s)

• 

  James Graham, PhD

  Director, Center for Community Partnerships; Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
  Colorado State University
  Fort Collins, Colorado
• 

  Bianca Frogner, PhD

  Director, Center for Health Workforce Studies; Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
  University of Washington
  Seattle, Washington
• 

  Tracy Mroz, PhD, OTR/L

  Assistant Professor
  University of Washington
  Seattle, Washington
• 

  Amol Karmarkar, PhD

  Professor
  Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) & RTI International, Virginia

This symposium will discuss the current status of the ‘global’ health services research workforce and the rehabilitation health services research workforce, including both academic and non-academic researchers; discuss plausible next steps for enhancing the field’s contribution to health services and health policy decisions; and allow for audience participation during a question-and-answer session.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the stock and supply, including the educational pipeline, of health services researchers in the United States.
• Describe the current rehabilitation health services researcher workforce.
• Describe the non-academic health services research environment.
• Discuss next steps for enhancing the field’s contribution to health services and health policy decisions.