Healthcare Workforce Summit

Panel 1 Discussion

PANELIST

PERSPECTIVE

An Educator Perspective on Current Local Healthcare Workforce Challenges

Understands the significant challenges in finding affordable instructional resources and how that impacts program consistency and class size.

Dr. Marcy Lynch

Director, Healthcare Programs, MCC Economic and Workforce Development Center

Panelists discussed current challenges faced by education providers:

Lydia Rotondo

As Associate Dean, Lydia has significant interactions and insights.

Associate Dean for Education and Student Affairs University of Rochester School of Nursing

>> Finding individuals who are interested in teaching, as COVID burnout continues to have an impact on resources considering leaving the field. >> Instructors who work a full nursing schedule and teach clinical on Saturdays is not a sustainable model. >> The inability to compete with wages earned in a clinical setting. As nursing salaries rise, the delta between clinician and educator wages widens. >> Populations coming into schools have many challenges – must figure out how we can help them overcome and focus on their goal. >> Community leaders need to be educated about the importance of their involvement in solving this issue.

- Amy spoke to Certi fied Nurse Assistance Apprenticeship recently approved in NYS and potential opportunities for strengthening rela tionships with employer financial incentives. - - Has firsthand knowl edge of the impact of staffing shortages – as an instructor with MCC Grace had personal conversations with instructors and potential instructors.

Amy Hadfield

Apprenticeship Training Field Supervisor, NY State Dept. of Labor

- Associate Chief Nurs ing Officer, LTC Roch ester Regional Health and MCC non-credit HC instructor Grace Dengler, MSN, BS, BSN, RN

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Monroe Community College State University of New York