Academy health update

Health Services Research, Dec, 2005

2006 National Center for Health Statistics/AcademyHealth Fellowship Call for Application

Application Deadline: Monday, January 9, 2006

This program brings visiting scholars in health services research-related disciplines to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to use NCHS data systems and collaborate on studies of interest to policymakers and the health services research community.

Applicants must:

* Demonstrate training or experience in health services research.

* Be at any stage in their careers from doctoral students to senior investigators. (Doctoral students must have completed course work and be at the dissertation phase of their programs.)

* Be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or be able to acquire a valid work authorization.

For more information, visit www.academyhealth.org/nchs. For questions, email nchs@academyhealth.org.

2006 National Health Policy Conference

February 6-7--Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel

Join AcademyHealth and Health Affairs to hear leading experts from the Administration, academia, Congress, and the health industry share their insights on critical health care issues confronting policy makers. Among the topics to be addressed are: reducing disparities in health care, patient safety, improving services for mental health and substance use disorders, public and private sector perspective on responsibility for America's health care, preventing and managing chronic conditions in children, pay for performance, and MA Implementation. Participants include federal and state policymakers, policy researchers and analysts, health industry executives, clinical decision makers, research funders, and health services researchers.

For more information and to register, visit: www.academyhealth.org/conferences/nhpc.htm.> 2006 NHPC Minicourses: Policy Tools and Techniques

February 8--Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel

Interested in how research truly health policy? Attend the AcademyHealth minicourses on health policy tools and techniques and learn more. Held in conjunction with the 2006 National Health Policy Conference, these three-hour courses give participants the tools they need to reach their own informed conclusions.

Program Evaluation for Nonresearchers--An overview of the basic concepts and models of program evaluation, with use of case studies to demonstrate the application of these models.

How to Communication with Decision Makers: Using Technical Information to Inform Health Policy--A review of essential communication skills such as crafting a message, knowing the audience, and creating a successful strategy, as well as more advanced techniques such as conveying research results to policymakers.

For more information or to register, visit: www.academyhealth.org/phsr/ minicourses/index.htm.

2006 Health in Foreign Policy Forum: Migration and the Global Shortage of Health Care Professionals

February 8--Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel

The 2006 Forum will focus on an issue that literally crosses national borders: the migration of health professionals. The Forum will examine the causes, consequences, and possible domestic and foreign policy responses to the global shortage of nurses and physicians. Panel discussions will focus on the following topics:

* Domestic Staffing Shortages: Role of International Recruitment: A panel of experts, including academics and the CEO of one the largest nurse recruitment firms, will describe the past, present and future directions of this phenomenon as it relates to nurses and physicians.

* Developing Nations: Migration, Retention & Return of Professional, r. International speakers will present data and an analysis of differing interests and viewpoints in developing nations.

* Promising Domestic & Foreign Policy Practices: Speakers will present an overview of both the domestic policy debate regarding strategies to increase self-sufficiency, and a discussion of different foreign aid strategies that seek to build health system capacity in the world's poorest nations.

* Public &Private Sector Policy Debate: Participants will be asked to react to the policy proposals presented during the day and to offer their own ideas on short- and long-term strategies for strengthening health workforce capacity in this country and abroad.

This event is held in conjunction with the National Health Policy Conference. Additional registration is required. For more information, visit: www. academyhealth.org/nhpc/foreignpolicy/.

Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term Care 2006 Policy Seminar

February 8, Embassy Suites--Washington, DC Convention Center

Sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund's Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term Care initiative, this seminar will address long-term care issues of interest to state and federal policy makers. The seminar will feature highlights from Randall Brown's background paper on consumer-directed care.

This event is held in conjunction with the National Health Policy Conference. Additional registration is required. For more information, visit: www. academyhealth.org/ltc/2004/index.htm.