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OHSU reports early gains on 30‑30‑30 education initiative; cites scholarships and simulation expansion
Summary
OHSU told lawmakers it has begun meeting its 30‑30‑30 targets — increasing graduates and student diversity — while expanding scholarships, simulation and clinical placements to boost the health workforce across Oregon.
Oregon Health & Science University officials told the Joint Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Education on April 23 that investments tied to the institution’s 30‑30‑30 initiative are producing early gains in graduate counts and student diversity.
“Right now, we have approximately 5,100 students, residents, fellows, and postdocs,” said Marie Chisholm Burns, provost at OHSU, introducing the education portion of the presentation. “The OHSU 30‑30‑30 initiative … will increase the number of graduates in certain health care programs by at least 30 percent, and we will increase student body diversity to at least 30 percent by 2030.”
Chisholm Burns told lawmakers that programs participating in the initiative had a baseline of 553 graduates and that in 2023–24 the programs produced more than 600 graduates, an increase the university characterized as greater than 9…
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