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West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
A Primer on Health Sciences for Board Members
Presented to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
August 1, 2014
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Albert Schweitzer
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Background and Apologies
Brief overview of terms covered
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
“Because of the complexity of serving three separate but related purposes—education,
research, and patient care—and because of the growing number of internal and external
influences on governance, I have come to describe the process as a tiger by the tail.”
Academic Medicine
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
•Available Slots
•Number of qualified West Virginia applicants
•West Virginians accepted/enrolled
•Out of State accepted/enrolled
Key Policy Numbers
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Key Policy Facts
•Retention is pretty good
•Recruitment from outside is poor
•Graduate Education is critical
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
Mahatma Gandhi
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Key Characteristics
•High Demand, Limited Supply
•Expensive
•Highly Regulated, often conflicting
•National accountability
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
There are costs and risks to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and
costs of comfortable inaction.
John F. Kennedy
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Different from Governing Other Institutions
•A World Unto Themselves…
•Not only education….
•Dual, sometimes opposing, missions…
•Provide West Virginians with a good medical education
•Provide West Virginia communities the professionals they need
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Communities have problems and medical schools have departments... and that’s the problem.
Anonymous
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Are The Needs Being Met?
•Institutional Needs
•Competence and Excellence
•Balance Reputation, Advancement, Effectiveness, Research, and Practice
•Regional and State Needs
•Workforce
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Health Science Centers Revenue Sources
Graph and information from Academic Medicine
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
National Health Science Centers Annual Gains and Losses
Graph and information from Academic Medicine
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Did you ever see the customers in health food stores? They are pale, skinny people who look
half-dead. In a steak house, you see robust, ruddy people. They’re dying, of course, but they look
terrific!Bill Cosby
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Sustainability
•Infrastructure
•Excellence and Relevance
•External Oversight
•Income and Investment
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
“The fundamental question is whether virtue is to be considered a necessary or sufficient condition
for the practice of an ethical medicine.”
Academic Medicine
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
“The system is driven by virtue, not facts and skills, and it is high time that medical
education made concerted efforts to claim a higher moral ground by recognizing its obligation to train virtuous as well as
technically competent and knowledgeable practitioners.”
Academic Medicine