Mapping Out a Dental Workforce: Using Maps and Dashboards to Identify and Implement Solutions

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Location: Seminole A&B

CE: 1.0

Speaker(s)

Helen Hawkey, RDH, PHDHP

Executive Director/Chair
PA Oral Coalition for Oral Health/ANOHC
Kelly Braun, RDH, MSDH

Dental Delivery Systems Coordinator
Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health
Alison Feise, n/a

Data and Evaluation Associate
PA Coalition for Oral Health

Slides

Moderator(s)

Jan Miller, MA

Public Health Program Administrator
PA Department of Health

Disclosure(s):

Helen Hawkey, RDH, PHDHP: No financial relationships to disclose

Kelly Braun, RDH, MSDH: No financial relationships to disclose

Alison Feise, n/a: No financial relationships to disclose

Jan Miller, MA: No financial relationships to disclose

After years in the making, the onset and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic has hastened the dental workforce crisis affecting our entire country. There has been much discussion over the last two years around the most effective ways to address this problem, from loan repayment, to new practice models, to payment reform. In Pennsylvania, a workforce taskforce was developed with input from the PA Coalition for Oral Health (PCOH), PA Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), PA Association of Community Health Centers (PACHC), and PA Office of Rural Health (PORH). Using provider licensure surveys, board data, and publicly available shapefiles, this dynamic group used GIS mapping and data dashboards to identify the most disparate areas of the state. Solutions are now able to be prioritized to the communities that are suffering the most. This session will provide attendees with replicable steps to assist in creating solutions for their own states.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the various factors influencing data collection for dental workforce pipeline planning.
List strategic solutions for informing state policy and programming using health workforce data.
Learn about the practical application of GIS mapping and the use of dashboards for a statewide analysis of the oral health workforce.