Komal Kochhar

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What Factors Influence the Choice of Residency Graduates to Serve in Medically Underserved Areas or Health Professional Shortage Areas?

Dr. Komal Kochhar is the Director of Educational Affairs Data Analytics and the Director of Research in Medical Education in the Dean’s Office of Educational Affairs. She is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

In order to plan effective healthcare workforce development initiatives, it is important to understand the reasons why the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) residency and fellowship graduates choose to practice in specific locations. Understanding where the IUSM residents and fellows go after completing their training, and understanding the factors that affect those decisions has become very important, especially due to the shortage and mal-distribution of physicians in Indiana. Dr. Kochhar’s research has been used by institutional officials and state policymakers for strategic planning to improve residency training programs and to develop incentives for the resident physicians to remain in Indiana and to practice in medically underserved areas.

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    Dental Workforce Report of Indiana University School of Dentistry Graduates and Other Practicing Dentists in Indiana
    (2014-05) Kochhar, Komal; Zollinger, Terrell W.; Saywell, Robert M. Jr; Buente, Bryce B.
    All dentists who renewed their Indiana licenses on - line in 2010 or 2012 were asked to complete a voluntary survey instrument that ha d a 95.4% response rate 1 in 2010 and 80.7% response rate 2 in 2012. The purpose of this study was to describe the dental workforce in Indiana with a focus on comparing graduates from the Indiana University School of Dentistry (IUSD) to all other practicing ( n on - IUSD ) dentists in Indiana. Of primary interest is how well the graduates of IUSD are meeting the oral health needs of the population of the state, particularly in the rural and underserved areas. Using data from the Office of Alumni Relations at IUPUI, license numbers of IUSD alumni were matched to the license numbers of individuals in the 2010 or 2012 Indiana Dentist Licensure Survey datasets. Individuals whose license numbers matched with the alumni list were identified as “IUSD” graduates and those that did not match were identified as “non - IUSD” graduates. This report compares responses between 2,203 IUSD and 835 n on - IUSD graduates who renewed their licenses and completed the Indiana Dentist Licensure Surveys in 2010 or 2012, respectively. Lastly, most of the differences between groups were found to be statistically significant due to the large sample size of IUSD graduates compared to non - IUSD graduates. Thus, for the purposes of this report if the differences between groups were noted to be at least 10 percent they were considered remarkable and reported as such.
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    Indiana Dental Hygienist 2012 Licensure Survey Report
    (2013-03) Sheff, Zachary T.; Kochhar, Komal; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    The response rate for the survey was 47.6 percent. This response rate is notably lower than other health care re ‐ license surveys and the previous (2010) dental hygienist licensure survey. In the 2011 ‐ 2012 dental hygienist licensure period there were 4,583 total dental hygienists currently licensed in Indiana. Of the 4,583 total licenses, 4,078 listed an Indiana address on their license. There were 1,635 dental hygienists included in the sample for analysis. Individuals included for analysis were actively working in dental hygiene, responded to the electronic survey, and gave an Indiana practice address on their survey. Therefore, the sample analyzed in this report represents 35.7 percent of the total number of dental hygienist licenses in Indiana. When the mean age and length of licensure was compared between dental hygienists included in the sample and those who listed an Indiana address on their license but did not respond to the survey it was found that individuals in the sample were older (p < 0.001) and had been licensed for a longer period of time (p < 0.001).
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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 Dentist 2012 Licensure Survey Report
    (2013-03) Sheff, Zachary T.; Kochhar, Komal; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    The response rate for the survey was 80.7 percent. In the 2011 ‐ 2012 dentist licensure period there were 3,748 total dentists currently licensed in Indiana. Of the 3,748 total licenses, 3,242 listed an Indiana address on their license. There were 2,314 dentists included in the sample for analysis. Individuals included for analysis were actively working in dentistry, responded to the electronic survey, and gave an Indiana practice address on their survey. Therefore, the sample analyzed in this report represents 61.7 percent of the total number of dental hygienist licenses in Indiana. When the mean age and length of licensure was compared between dentists included in the sample and those who listed an Indiana address on their license but did not respond to the survey it was found that individuals in the sample were younger (p < 0.001) and had been licensed for a shorter period of time (p < 0.001).