Tools of Workforce Success

Tselanie Stovall-Mitchell, Operations Manager for Network Quality, Tennessee Rural Partnership

Mary Ann Watson, Tennessee Rural Partnership

Description
The session will describe the T-HIP tool as a mapping tool for health workforce statistics and will demonstrate how TRP is using this tool to define areas of need for a variety of healthcare workforce disciplines.

The T-HIP tool will be demonstrated with audience participation to quickly show the benefit to non-profit workforce development entities.

How to determine the need/purpose of a GIS tool
How to develop such a tool for recruitment of health care workforce in rural areas
How to use the tool to benefit rural communities with healthcare workforce shortages.

Presenters
Tselanie Stovall-Mitchell is the Operations Manager for Network Quality for TRP. Mrs. Mitchell holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree and her spirit of service, which has been matched with her excellent analytical skills provides TRP with insightful tools for measuring the success of our mission; improving access to primary care in rural areas of Tennessee. Mrs. Mitchell has spearheaded the development of the T-HIP, Tennessee Healthcare workforce Information Portal and is the point person in utilizing the tool for the recruitment team members in their work with the communities, the Network Director in the development additional network members and the communities in reaching our for resources needed.

Mary Ann Watson completed her undergraduate and graduate work in education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Prior to joining TRP in January 2011, she was the Assistant Dean for Graduate and Continuing Medical Education with the College of Medicine of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center located in Memphis, TN. At her retirement in 2010, she completed 37 years of employment with the University of Tennessee. Born and raised in rural West Tennessee, Mary Ann has an interest in encouraging physicians to locate in rural and underserved areas of the state and served on the Board of Directors of TRP for four years before resigning to become a fulltime TRP employee and work with the HRSA Workforce Grant to develop rural rotations for medical residents in primary care training programs at each of the four medical schools within the state.