The Healthcare Workforce Survey is a web-based survey that will ask respondents about their experiences participating in HRSA-funded organizational activities to improve resiliency and address burnout among healthcare workers and students. NORC will use these survey responses to assess the impact of various organizational activities funded by HRSA, as well as to make recommendations to improve trainings and resources to better support the well-being of the healthcare workforce. Questions will ask respondents about their work environment, resiliency, burnout in the workplace, and their experiences with organizational trainings, classes, services, or other activities. The survey should take no more than 15 minutes.

This survey has been drafted by NORC and will be administered by the awardee organizations. Additional resources for the administration of this survey are available below.

The Cost-Benefit Assessment being conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago aims to understand the costs and potential benefits of the Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program and the Promoting Resilience and Mental Health among Health Professional Workforce program funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). 

This assessment will ultimately help HRSA better understand the costs and potential benefits of these programs and will inform recommendations for future program incentives and investment strategies.

The assessment will estimate the overall cost of Awardee interventions by dividing related costs into categories. The information for the different categories is collected each year through a data collection tool called the Cost Workbook.  The Cost Workbook contains the following sections: 

• Project Year: Identifies the project year corresponding to the activities reported in the workbook. Each cost workbook will encompass the costs associated with one year of grantee project activities. 

• Personnel: Captures name, role, and labor expense for paid, contract, and in-kind employees supporting the grantee project.

• Labor Allocation: Divides the time each person spent supporting the project by activities related to intervention development, intervention delivery, recruitment, evaluation and research, and/or management and other HPSWRTP/PRMHW related activities.

• Contracted Services: For grantee project related services delivered by contracted organizations. Divided into broad categories related to repair and maintenance, security, advertising/marketing, or other services.

• Participant Information: Captures the number of participants by profession type and particular training activity, as defined by each grantee. 

• Facility Costs: Costs the grantee project incurred to use, rent, or otherwise pay for space and facility related costs for the project reporting period.

• Supplies and Materials: Collects costs of materials including software, office supplies, local travel related costs, etc.

• Other Costs: Includes costs not captured in other categories including continuing education fees or costs, out-of-town related travel expenses, participant incentives, and/or training fees, etc.

• Overhead and Administrative Charges: Indirect costs and fringe benefits.  

• Attrition and Turnover: The attrition rate represents the proportion of employees leaving an organization during a set period, based on average employment numbers. The turnover rate shows how well the organization fills its vacancies by comparing new hires to recruited positions.

This information will be collected annually and compiled at the end of the three-year grant period.