RCC educators attend statewide healthcare worker shortage summit

From left are Dr. Bill Hazel, chief executive officer of Claude Moore Opportunities; Miles McCrimmon, of Rappahannock Community College (RCC); Kimberly Coles, career services coordinator at RCC; Sarah Pope, executive director of RCC Foundation; Hutt Williams, coordinator of dual enrollment and high school navigators at RCC; Stacie Wind, healthcare recruitment and development manager at RCC; and Shirley Bazdar, program director of Claude Moore Opportunities.

Claude Moore Opportunities recently hosted its annual Claude Moore Scholars Healthcare Workforce Summit in Richmond, bringing together dozens of stakeholders from around the Commonwealth representing educational institutions, government, the private sector and workforce development entities to collaborate on innovative solutions to Virginia’s healthcare workforce shortage.

Panel discussions were held on the latest data on Virginia’s healthcare workforce shortage, development of career pathways, regional collaboration, employer engagement and ways to measure the success and effectiveness of programs.

“We know, and the data bears it out, that Virginia has a current and looming healthcare workforce shortage. It’s quickly becoming a crisis, but we can turn it around if we take action right now to train the next generation of healthcare workers….

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