Mission
Employer-led, non-governmental, non-partisan collaboration of leaders of Regional Partnerships working collectively to enhance the health science talent pipeline, addressing Virginia’s health workforce shortage.
Vision
Statewide Partnership coordination all striving to support the health, life sciences and biotechnology sectors to meet Virginia’s workforce needs now and in the future.
Goals
Goals of this statewide effort include:
- Raising the rigor and aligning Health Sciences Education
- Establish a rigorous, standardized K-16 Health Sciences curriculum with stackable degrees and certifications
- Address current and future qualified health workforce needs
- Accelerate certifications and degrees in high-need jobs
- Establish a shared work appointment model (Professors of Practice)
- Address employee retention and career advancement
- Reduce barriers to education and training
Health Science Highway
The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation (CMCF) believes that education should work more like a highway with on and off ramps than a straight line with a start and a finish. The work of the partnerships supports this concept and aims to promote the robust pathways through all levels of education while providing resources to foster career development. Each person, community and region in Virginia should have equitable access to an appropriate and well-trained health workforce and these partnerships are working to ensure that happens.
Additionally, Health Science jobs are not just about providing care; they are critical infrastructure to the overall economic vitality of any region. Business and industry will invest where they can hire health-ready and skill-ready employees.