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California study highlights regional AHP shortage

Credentialing Resource Center Connection, March 27, 2008

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A resent study focused on community colleges in California found an 87% gap between the number of AHP job openings and the number of people who complete AHP educational programs, according to a March 18 article in The Modesto Bee.

"The gap presents a clear and urgent need for community colleges in the Central Region to take action and actively address the pressing needs in the allied health care work force," Michelle Marquez, author of the study wrote in the findings.

The study focused on community colleges in the Central Region of California where there are more than 2,800 job openings annually for AHPs. However, only about 374 people complete AHP educational programs at the local community colleges. The study also found that employers prefer to hire community college graduates because they require less on-the-job training than people who obtain their credentials at private, for-profit schools.

To read the entire article about AHPs, click here.

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