allied health workforce assessment studies

In 1999, the Sheps Center, in conjunction with the Council for Allied Health in North Carolina and the North Carolina AHEC Program, developed an innovative Allied Health Workforce Assessment process to assess issues related to the supply and distribution of North Carolina's current allied health workforce. As part of the process, the Sheps Center collects secondary data from the Census, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), credentialing bodies, professional associations, educational programs and other entities across the state to determine the size, composition, distribution and diversity of the state's allied health workforce and the demand for its services. Educational program directors and hospital allied health departments are surveyed, stakeholders are interviewed and literature and Internet searches are conducted. Once the data have been collected, advisory panels composed of representatives from key stakeholder groups are convened to review and critique the available data, discuss existing and emerging policies and construct consensus statements on the need for, and supply of, allied health professionals in NC. The panels are comprised of allied health practitioners, educators, employers and workforce planning experts. Four studies on selected allied health disciplines have been completed, the lastest of which investigated the radiologic sciences workforce, including radiologic technologists, nuclear medicine technologists, MRI and CT technologists, radiation therapists, and others.

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