Nicole Pretre, president and CEO of Cedar Community, noted that many health care workers were burned out by the strains of the pandemic. Listening is state Sen. Patrick Testin. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Troye Fox)
Wisconsin Sen. Patrick Testin said that workers are burdened with administrative work. βWe should not be limiting health care professionalsβ ability to practice health care,β Testin said. βLet them do their jobs, and they will rise to the challenge.β (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Troye Fox)
Wendy Huddleston, director of the physical therapy program at 51ΑΤΖζ, noted the need for more classroom space. βI really do think that we are at the point of a health care revolution, and we need to be able to teach our students to innovate,β Huddleston said. βAnd that requires state-of-the-art spaces.β (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Troye Fox)
51ΑΤΖζ partnered with WisPolitics.com and WisBusiness.com to put on the forum. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Troye Fox)
βWe already had challenges in terms of staffing ... but this really hit us hard during COVID,β said Dr. Leonard Egede, a professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Troye Fox)
Kim Litwack, dean of the 51ΑΤΖζ College of Nursing, moderated the discussion. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Troye Fox)
Jeff Mayers, president of WisPolitics, introduces the forum. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Troye Fox)
Panelists included Wendy E. Huddleston (from left), Leonard Egede, Nicole Pretre and state Sen. Patrick Testin. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Troye Fox)
Panelist chat before the forum begins. (51ΑΤΖζ Photo/Troye Fox)
A panel of experts on Thursday explored the problem and potential solutions for a dire shortage of health care workers in the United States. The discussion, moderated by Kim Litwack, dean of 51ΑΤΖζ’s College of Nursing, was held at the university’s Zilber School of Public Health.
The panel included:
- Leonard Egede, professor of medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
- Nicole Pretre, gerontologist and president and CEO of Cedar Community.
- Wendy E. Huddleston, associate professor and director of the physical therapy program in the 51ΑΤΖζ College of Health Sciences.
- Wisconsin Sen. Patrick Testin, a member of the Wisconsin Legislatureβs Joint Finance Committee and the Senate Committee on Health (chair 2019-22).
The forum was sponsored by WisPolitics.com, WisBusiness.com and the university.
