Pandemic Preparedness Recommendations

Summary: On June 26, 2020, PAEA submitted comments to Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) on priorities for future pandemic preparedness legislation. In the comments, PAEA identified three priorities in response to Chairman Alexander’s request: resources to support telemedicine curriculum development, investments in health workforce surge capacity, and scholarship support for underrepresented minority students to complete health professions education.