The Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy provides recruitment and retention services for primary care and mental health practice sites located in medically underserved areas, health professional shortage areas, and in state or local government institutions in the Virginia.
These services include managing scholarship and loan repayment programs and other initiatives aimed at the recruitment and retention of health care providers. The Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy provides recruitment and retention services for primary care and mental health practice sites located in medically underserved areas, health professional shortage areas, and in state or local government institutions in the Virginia.
The office receives requests from physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants interested in practicing primary care, specialty care, or psychiatry in Virginia. Additionally, requests are received from primary care, specialty care, and mental health practice sites interested in recruiting health professionals. We work with the practice sites and the applicants in order to refer appropriate candidates. The primary outcome is the increased pool of applicants resulting in placement of health care professionals in primary care and mental health practice sites in medically underserved areas.