Patrick F. Taylor Foundation

Primary Care Scholarship

Mary Thoesen Coleman, MD, PhDChair, Professor of Family Medicine

Director of Rural Education,

Richard DiCarlo, MDAssociate Dean for CurriculumLSUHSC School of Medicine

June 22, 2015

History of Patrick F. Taylor Foundation

• Patrick and Phyllis Taylor founded the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation in 1985.

• Mr. Taylor credited his LSU education with his successful career in the oil and gas industry.

• Conceived the Taylor Plan--

• Students receive state-paid college tuition based on high school core curriculum grade point average and ACT score.

Patrick F. Taylor Primary Care Scholarships

• Dr. Steve Nelson, Dean of LSU School of Medicine, has joined forces with the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation

• Sponsoring Scholarship to establish an adequate supply of primary care physicians who will live and practice in Louisiana

• Scholarship award in the amount of $25,000 annually in L3 and L4

• Awardee agrees to practice primary care for 24 consecutive months in LA for each academic year that the scholarship is accepted

Primary Care Specialties include:

General Internal MedicineFamily Medicine

PediatricsGeriatrics

Need for Primary Care

95% (61 of 64) of LA parishes classified as Primary Care Health Professional Shortage AreasSource: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Fewer than 20% of all U.S. medical students are choosing primary care specialties.Source: Council on Graduate Medical Education, AAMC.org, March 2010

LSU-NO: 57% of the 2014 graduates are entering into primary care practices; a significant increase over last year’s 43% Source: Chancellor’s Notes, March 21, 2014

LA Ranks 37th in Primary-Care Physicians per 100,000

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Louisiana's Projected Primary Care Physician Demand

Impact of Primary Care

Louisiana

Generalist CareBenefits Patients and Health

Care System: Provider Workforce and Quality

Generalist Care Benefits Patients and Health Care System:

Provider Workforce and Medicare Spending

Louisiana

“Seismic shift” lifts primary care’s impact on hospital

revenues

For the first time, primary care physicians are driving more revenue on a per-doctor basis to hospitals than are specialists.

For 2013, the median revenue to hospitals per primary care physician (ascribed by 3,000 hospital chief financial officers) is $1.6 million, more than $1.4 million revenue from specialists.

Source: By Sue Ter Maat—Posted May 20, 2013 from Merritt Hawkins

Opportunities

Recruitment Openings Greatest for Primary Care

Source: Merritt Hawkins

Due July 13 2015

Open to L3 students*

Application Form at

Family Medicine website:http:

www.medschool.lshhsc.edu/family_medicine

Applications

*students not eligible if already possess full tuition waiver

Contact Information:

Mary Thoesen Coleman, MD, PhDMarie Lahasky Chair and Professor, Family MedicineDirector, Rural Education, Community Health1542 Tulane Avenue, Room 123New Orleans, LA 70112504 568 4570

Angela Boseman,PCS Coordinatorabosem@lsuhsc,,edu