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Arkansas Health Care Training Programs Struggle to Meet Demand

Faced with a statewide shortage of 10,000 health care professionals, nursing and other health care training programs in Arkansas are struggling to train the needed workers, the Morning News reports. According to statistics provide by the University of Arkansas, the state is currently short 809 primary care physicians, 1,289 pharmacists, 1,505 specialty physicians, 2,855 nurses and 3,122 other health care specialists. Meanwhile, the promise of a strong job market has in recent years driven interest in all types of health care degrees and training programs. For example, the University of Arkansas in 2006 enrolled 1,240 students in health care programs. That figure has increased by approximately 100 students each year since. However, some schools have struggled to expand capacity in such training programs amid a shortage of faculty and clinical training opportunities. At Northwest Technical Institute, just 18 students per year can be admitted into the 10-month surgical technician training program because of a lack of clinical training availability. Meanwhile, other schools in the state have launched training programs for existing licensed practical nurses and R.N.s, who already have clinical training and generally require additional class time (Craft, Morning News, 10/24/09).

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