Transcript A Primer on Health Sciences for Board Members Presented to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission August 1, 2014 West Virginia Higher Education Policy.

A Primer on Health Sciences
for Board Members
Presented to the
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
August 1, 2014
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The purpose of human life is to serve and to show
compassion and the will to help others.
Albert Schweitzer
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Background and Apologies
Brief overview of terms covered
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“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
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Key Policy Numbers
•Available Slots
•Number of qualified West Virginia applicants
•West Virginians accepted/enrolled
•Out of State accepted/enrolled
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Key Policy Facts
•Retention is pretty good
•Recruitment from outside is poor
•Graduate Education is critical
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It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold
and silver.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Key Characteristics
•High Demand, Limited Supply
•Expensive
•Highly Regulated, often conflicting
•National accountability
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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
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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
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Communities have problems and medical schools
have departments... and that’s the problem.
Anonymous
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Issues
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Are The Needs Being Met?
•Institutional Needs
•Competence and Excellence
•Balance Reputation, Advancement,
Effectiveness, Research, and Practice
•Regional and State Needs
•Workforce
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Health Science Centers Revenue Sources
Graph and information from Academic Medicine
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National Health Science Centers Annual Gains and Losses
Graph and information from Academic Medicine
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Did you ever see the customers in health food
stores? They are pale, skinny people who look halfdead. In a steak house, you see robust, ruddy
people. They’re dying, of course, but they look
terrific!
Bill Cosby
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Sustainability
•Infrastructure
•Excellence and Relevance
•External Oversight
•Income and Investment
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“The fundamental question is whether virtue is to be
considered a necessary or sufficient condition for
the practice of an ethical medicine.”
Academic Medicine
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“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
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Always do what is right. It will gratify half of
mankind and astound the other.
Mark Twain
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