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OHREC Professional Development Program
An essential aspect of OHREC, to stimulate collaborative health services research and evaluation, is accomplished, in part, by providing professional development opportunities to young researchers from state academic institutions at the office for Oregon Health Policy and Research. OHREC’s Professional Development Program offers Oregon’s medical and graduate Public Health and Public Administration students the opportunity to cultivate professional experience and practical skills valuable to health services research. The program allows students to utilize academic training in the ‘real world’ of health services research under the mentorship of experienced staff and distinguished OHREC researchers while building a solid foundation for future health services researchers in Oregon.
Participants in the program have opportunities to design, implement and analyze health services related research significant to Oregonians. Students gain valuable tools for communicating research findings to stakeholders and policy makers with access to the governor’s office, legislators and the research/policy commissions working with OHPR; Oregon Health Policy Commission, Health Services Commission and the Health Resources Commission. Participants are encouraged to design their own Organizational Experience or enhance a developed project to incorporate their expertise and focus of interest. Students are also encouraged to present project results at local and national conferences and to seek publishing opportunities in peer-reviewed journals.
Initial funding for the OHREC Professional Development Program has been provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation State Coverage Initiatives Grant through the office for Oregon Health Policy and Research (OHPR).
The collaborative continually strives to provide professional development opportunities for students and young professionals in the area of health services research. For more information contact Heidi Allen at (503) 373-1608 or Heidi.Allen@state.or.us.
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