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A Primer on Health Sciences

A Primer on Health Sciences for Board Members Presented to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission August 1, 2014. The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. Albert Schweitzer. Background and Apologies.

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A Primer on Health Sciences

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  1. A Primer on Health Sciences for Board MembersPresented to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy CommissionAugust 1, 2014

  2. The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. Albert Schweitzer

  3. Background and Apologies Brief overview of terms covered

  4. “Because of the complexity of serving three separate but related purposes—education, research, and patient care—and because of the growing number of internal and external influences on governance, I have come to describe the process as a tiger by the tail.” Academic Medicine

  5. Key Policy Numbers • Available Slots • Number of qualified West Virginia applicants • West Virginians accepted/enrolled • Out of State accepted/enrolled

  6. Key Policy Facts • Retention is pretty good • Recruitment from outside is poor • Graduate Education is critical

  7. It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. Mahatma Gandhi

  8. Key Characteristics • High Demand, Limited Supply • Expensive • Highly Regulated, often conflicting • National accountability

  9. There are costs and risks to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction. John F. Kennedy

  10. Different from Governing Other Institutions • A World Unto Themselves… • Not only education…. • Dual, sometimes opposing, missions… • Provide West Virginians with a good medical education • Provide West Virginia communities the professionals they need

  11. Communities have problems and medical schools have departments... and that’s the problem. Anonymous

  12. Issues

  13. Are The Needs Being Met? • Institutional Needs • Competence and Excellence • Balance Reputation, Advancement, Effectiveness, Research, and Practice • Regional and State Needs • Workforce

  14. Health Science Centers Revenue Sources Graph and information from Academic Medicine

  15. National Health Science Centers Annual Gains and Losses Graph and information from Academic Medicine

  16. Did you ever see the customers in health food stores? They are pale, skinny people who look half-dead. In a steak house, you see robust, ruddy people. They’re dying, of course, but they look terrific! Bill Cosby

  17. Sustainability • Infrastructure • Excellence and Relevance • External Oversight • Income and Investment

  18. “The fundamental question is whether virtue is to be considered a necessary or sufficient condition for the practice of an ethical medicine.” Academic Medicine

  19. “The system is driven by virtue, not facts and skills, and it is high time that medical education made concerted efforts to claim a higher moral ground by recognizing its obligation to train virtuous as well as technically competent and knowledgeable practitioners.” Academic Medicine

  20. Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other. Mark Twain

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