Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Primary Care Scholarship Mary Thoesen Coleman, MD, PhD Chair, Professor of Family Medicine Director of Rural Education, Richard DiCarlo, MD Associate Dean for
Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Primary Care Scholarship Mary Thoesen Coleman, MD, PhD Chair, Professor of Family Medicine Director of Rural Education, Richard.
Jan 02, 2016
Welcome message from author
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Patrick F. Taylor Foundation
Primary Care Scholarship
Mary Thoesen Coleman, MD, PhDChair, Professor of Family Medicine
Director of Rural Education,
Richard DiCarlo, MDAssociate Dean for CurriculumLSUHSC School of Medicine
June 22, 2015
History of Patrick F. Taylor Foundation
• Patrick and Phyllis Taylor founded the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation in 1985.
• Mr. Taylor credited his LSU education with his successful career in the oil and gas industry.
• Conceived the Taylor Plan--
• Students receive state-paid college tuition based on high school core curriculum grade point average and ACT score.
Patrick F. Taylor Primary Care Scholarships
• Dr. Steve Nelson, Dean of LSU School of Medicine, has joined forces with the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation
• Sponsoring Scholarship to establish an adequate supply of primary care physicians who will live and practice in Louisiana
• Scholarship award in the amount of $25,000 annually in L3 and L4
• Awardee agrees to practice primary care for 24 consecutive months in LA for each academic year that the scholarship is accepted
Primary Care Specialties include:
General Internal MedicineFamily Medicine
PediatricsGeriatrics
Need for Primary Care
95% (61 of 64) of LA parishes classified as Primary Care Health Professional Shortage AreasSource: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Fewer than 20% of all U.S. medical students are choosing primary care specialties.Source: Council on Graduate Medical Education, AAMC.org, March 2010
LSU-NO: 57% of the 2014 graduates are entering into primary care practices; a significant increase over last year’s 43% Source: Chancellor’s Notes, March 21, 2014
LA Ranks 37th in Primary-Care Physicians per 100,000
Population
78.4
90.1
72
74
76
78
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
Louisiana US
Nu
mb
er
of
ph
ysic
ian
s p
er
100,
000
po
pu
lati
on
vs. US average, 2012
Source: Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies, “2013 State Physicians Workforce Book
Louisiana's Projected Primary Care Physician Demand
Impact of Primary Care
Louisiana
Generalist CareBenefits Patients and Health
Care System: Provider Workforce and Quality
Generalist Care Benefits Patients and Health Care System:
Provider Workforce and Medicare Spending
Louisiana
“Seismic shift” lifts primary care’s impact on hospital
revenues
For the first time, primary care physicians are driving more revenue on a per-doctor basis to hospitals than are specialists.
For 2013, the median revenue to hospitals per primary care physician (ascribed by 3,000 hospital chief financial officers) is $1.6 million, more than $1.4 million revenue from specialists.
Source: By Sue Ter Maat—Posted May 20, 2013 from Merritt Hawkins
Opportunities
Recruitment Openings Greatest for Primary Care
Source: Merritt Hawkins
Due July 13 2015
Open to L3 students*
Application Form at
Family Medicine website:http:
www.medschool.lshhsc.edu/family_medicine
Applications
*students not eligible if already possess full tuition waiver
Contact Information:
Mary Thoesen Coleman, MD, PhDMarie Lahasky Chair and Professor, Family MedicineDirector, Rural Education, Community Health1542 Tulane Avenue, Room 123New Orleans, LA 70112504 568 4570
Angela Boseman,PCS Coordinatorabosem@lsuhsc,,edu
Related Documents
