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Learning Objectives:
Undergraduate students should be able to
- Characterize the healthcare workforce, including physicians
- Define degree, licensure, certification, accreditation
- Describe trends in the size and characteristics of the health professions workforce
Graduate students should be also able to
- Characterize the healthcare workforce, including physicians
- Differentiate degree, licensure, certification, accreditation, CEU requirements.
- Analyze trends in the size and characteristics of the health professions workforce
- Relate characteristics of health professions workforce to characteristics of the patient population
- Differentiate independent contractors from employees
- Explain the implications of health professions characteristics for human resource management