Browsing by Author "Brandt, Amy J."

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    THE FACTORS OF AN INDIANA BACKGROUND THAT INFLUENCE PRACTICE LOCATION CHOICE OF RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP GRADUATES
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2012-04-13) Natividad, Diana May; Brandt, Amy J.; Kochhar, Komal; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    A shortage and unequal distribution of health care professionals in Indiana is increasingly restricting access to quality medical care for Indiana residents. There is a limited amount of research on the factors that predominate when residency and fellowship graduates choose their practice location. This pro-ject looks at the different factors affecting graduates’ choices of practice lo-cation, while specifically focusing on the connection of hometown, high school, college, and medical school locations to their decisions to practice in Indiana. Surveys were completed by 264 of the 383 graduating residents and fellows of the graduate medical education programs at Indiana Universi-ty School of Medicine during the exit interview process, yielding a response rate of 69%. The graduates responded to questions concerning demographic characteristics, assessment of their training, plans after graduation, intended practice location, and reasons for choosing their practice location. The larg-est contributor to choosing to practice in Indiana was graduating from a medical school in Indiana (80.6%). Having an Indiana hometown was the least contributing factor (76.1%), but the combination of hometown and medical school was the highest contributing factor (82.1%) to choosing to practice in Indiana. The top three reasons to stay in Indiana given by re-spondents who graduated from an Indiana medical school were “met my professional needs or preferences” (88.0%), “liked the people” (86.0%), and “met my personal needs or preferences” (76.0%). Also, factors concerning the needs of their spouse and family were only moderately important. This project’s data may assist admission committees when choosing graduates for their residency programs. By admitting more graduates who have deeper connections to Indiana, the number of health professionals in Indiana may increase, thus allowing more of Indiana’s residents to have access to quality health care.
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    Indiana Dental Hygienist 2010 Re-Licensure Survey Report
    (2011-07) Kochhar, Komal; Lewis, Cindy; Richard, Amy E.; Brandt, Amy J.; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    The 2010 Indiana Dental Hygienist Re-licensure Survey was administered by the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency under a contract with the Indiana State Department of Health. This report summarizes the responses to that survey.
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    Indiana Dentist 2010 Re-Licensure Survey Report
    (2011-07) Kochhar, Komal; Lewis, Cindy; Richard, Amy E.; Brandt, Amy J.; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    The 2010 Indiana Dentist Re-licensure Survey was administered by the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency under a contract with the Indiana State Department of Health. This report summarizes the responses to that survey.
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    Indiana Mental Health Professionals 2010 Re-Licensure Survey Report
    (2012-01) Lewis, Cynthia K.; Sheff, Zachary T.; Richard, Amy E.; Brandt, Amy J.; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    The 2010 Indiana Mental Health Professionals Re-Licensure Survey, the 2010 Clinical Psychologists Re-Licensure Survey, and the 2011 Physician Re-Licensure Survey were administered by the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency under a contract with the Indiana State Department of Health. The 2011 Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurse Survey was administered by the Indiana Nursing Association. This report summarizes the responses to these four surveys. The purpose of this report is to provide a comprehensive description of the mental health workforce in Indiana.
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    Indiana Optometrists Re-Licensure 2010 Survey Report
    (2011-06) Kochhar, Komal; Lewis, Cindy; Brandt, Amy J.; Richard, Amy E.; Varma, Ram A.; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    The 2010 Indiana Optometrists Re-licensure Survey was administered by Indiana Professional Licensing Agency under a contract with the Indiana State Department of Health. This report summarizes the responses to the 2010 Indiana optometrists re-licensure survey.
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    Physician Assistant Re-Licensure 2010 Survey Report
    (2012-01) Lewis, Cynthia K.; Sheff, Zachary T.; Brandt, Amy J.; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    The Indiana State Department of Health and the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency developed a collaborative partnership to collect data through the licensing process to better understand the health professions workforce within the state. Beginning in 2004, physician assistants were asked to participate in voluntary surveys when renewing their licenses every two years. The purpose of this report is to summarize the participants’ responses to the survey items. The responses provide a detailed description of the physician assistant workforce in the state of Indiana to aid in the development of policies and programs to recruit and retain these health professionals where they are needed in Indiana.
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    Status of Indiana Registered Nurses using the 2008 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses
    (2011-03) Kochhar, Komal; Varma, Ram A.; Brandt, Amy J.; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    The National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses was administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. This report summarizes the responses of actively licensed Indiana registered nurses to the 2008 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses.