NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS (NHSC) RETENTION PROJECT

The NHSC Retention Project is funded through the Idaho State Office of Rural Health & Primary Care and managed by Mountain States Group. The purpose of the project is to provide retention support for clinicians who participated in the National Health Services Corps programs. The project will run from January 15, 2012 through September 29, 2013.

There are several activities planned throughout this project. The first will be a survey of all NHSC clinicians to assess the strengths and challenges they experience in their communities. The NHSC Clinician Retention Survey can be accessed at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TQ6SJRC

Once the survey has been completed, the results will be used to develop and implement retention tools focused on ARRA-funded NHSC participants. These might include continuing education events, peer mentoring, or networking opportunities.

Another activity includes developing and implementing a survey of ARRA-funded NHSC practice locations to assess retention efforts and challenges. The results of this effort will help identify common retention challenges and develop strategies to address the identified challenges. A web-based Retention Toolkit will be developed and distributed to practice locations.

Other activities include hosting retention 3 retention workshops for NHSC practice locations and conducting 5 on-site visits to provide technical assistance to ARRA-funded practice locations.

Please check back often for new resources and information on this project or contact:

Linda Powell, MS, CPT
NHSC Retention Project Director
Mountain States Group, Inc.
1607 West Jefferson Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
(208) 336-5533 ext. 235
lindapowell@mtnstatesgroup.org