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1995 SESSION
WHEREAS, the health care system is undergoing profound changes in response to market forces and public demands for reform; and
WHEREAS, the emerging health care system will be characterized by managed care in which providers must work together to deliver cost-effective services with an emphasis on preventive and primary care delivered in the community; and
WHEREAS, patients in the emerging health care system will often be treated by coordinated teams of health care providers with members from different disciplines including medicine, nursing, allied health, and others; and
WHEREAS, team members will need to possess certain core competencies in order to deliver high-quality, cost-effective care, including (i) the ability to promote community health, (ii) the ability to deliver contemporary clinical care, (iii) the ability to utilize health outcomes research in clinical decision-making, (iv) a commitment to involve patients and families in decision making, (v) the ability to evaluate the cost impact of health care decisions, and (vi) the ability to function collaboratively in a team environment; and
WHEREAS, team members also will need to understand and appreciate the practice scope and professional approach of other disciplines so that they will be prepared to work collaboratively in providing services to patients; and
WHEREAS, the Joint Commission on Health Care, in its 1994 report "Optimum Use of Nurse Practitioners," found that resistance to collaborative practice between physicians and nurse practitioners is in part due to a lack of mutual understanding of the scope of practice and professional approach of physicians and nurse practitioners; and
WHEREAS, the Joint Commission on Health Care further found that collaborative training of medical students and nurse practitioner students would foster improved working relationships between physicians and nurse practitioners; and
WHEREAS, Virginia's academic health centers, including the University of Virginia Health Science Center, the Medical College of Hampton Roads, and the Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University, have made a strong commitment to reforming their educational programs to meet the needs of the 21st century health workforce; and
WHEREAS, the Virginia Area Health Education Centers Program is an important vehicle for facilitating the delivery of health professions education programs in local communities; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Virginia Health Science Center, and the Medical College of Hampton Roads, in cooperation with the Virginia Area Health Education Centers Program, be requested to restructure their instructional programs to provide collaborative training of physicians and nurse practitioners in appropriate settings within the institutions and within communities.
Each school shall report on its progress to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 1995 as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents.