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Survey: Faculty shortages a major threat to training efforts

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, July 19, 2007

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A new survey released by the Association of Academic Health Centers suggests that nursing faculty shortages pose a significant threat to the country's healthcare infrastructure.

The study concludes that these faculty shortages are constricting training capacity at academic health centers. Those surveyed were chief executive officers at nationwide academic institutions. Ninety-four percent of respondents said faculty shortages were problematic for at least one health professions program, while 69% said that such shortages were a problem across all institutions.

Furthermore, nursing programs were reported to be facing the most severe faculty shortages; 81% of CEOs declared that nursing program faculty shortages were a "significant" problem. About half of respondents said faculty shortages had forced changes within the institution such as limiting student enrollment or merging/cutting programs.

Sources: AHA News, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Other articles of interest:

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