Community Impact
As the A&M Health Science Center approaches its sixth year of existence, the institution is making a significant impact in the various Texas communities it calls home. These charts provide some indications of how the A&M Health Science Center is helping provide both economic stimulus and social services to Texas communities.
The institution's expenditures in the Bryan-College Station area, including payroll, student expenditures, visitor spending and expenditures on office space, total close to $30 million annually. The total annual economic impact of the A&M Health Science Center in the region, including the multiplier effect, is almost $75 million.
2002 Economic Impact, Bryan-College Station
| Estimated Regional Student Expenditures |
$ 1,811,062
|
| Estimated Leased Office Space Expenditures |
$ 603,339
|
| Estimated Regional Annual Payroll of HSC |
$ 27,207,550
|
| Estimated Dollars Spent Locally by Visitors During Commencement |
$ 114,300
|
| Estimated Total Regional Expenditures from HSC |
$ 29,736,251
|
| Estimated Total Economic Impact of HSC in B-CS Community |
$ 74,340,627
|
Including the remaining Texas communities in which the A&M Health Science Center has a presence, the total payroll exceeds $58 million. The "Annual Budgeted Payroll" chart delineates how this figure is distributed among the health science center's various components and centers.
Annual Budgeted Payroll, FY 2002-03
| HSC Administration |
$ 3,819,006
|
| Baylor College of Dentistry |
$ 24,282,322
|
| Coastal Bend Health Education Center |
$ 583,787
|
| College of Medicine |
$ 18,306,373
|
| Institute of Biosciences and Technology |
$ 5,655,632
|
| School of Rural Public Health |
$ 5,082,171
|
| South Texas Center |
$ 737,858
|
| Total Payroll |
$ 58,467,099
|
A&M Health Science Center faculty members, as health professionals, contribute to their communities in another important way--provision of charity care.
The total annual value of charity care in Dallas (provided by Baylor College of Dentistry's clinic), College Station (provided by Brazos Family Medicine Residency Program) and Temple (provided by Scott & White Clinic), is close to $7.2 million.
Charity Care Contributed by HSC Faculty
| Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas |
$ 446,423
|
| Scott & White, Temple |
$ 6,241,000
|
| Brazos Family Medicine Residency Program |
$ 498,478
|
Baylor College of Dentistry (BCD) provides care and services through a variety of institutions and programs in the metroplex to more than 188,000 people. The college is involved in treatment of medically compromised children at Children's Medical Center and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, where it helps serve more than 4,000 children per year. Through the Dallas County Sealant Initiative, Baylor College of Dentistry students and faculty--working with the Dallas County Dental Society and school nurses--travel to Dallas public schools to provide dental screenings and place protective sealants on the teeth of hundreds of high-risk children.
Dental Outreach Programs (BCD), FY2002-03
| Children's Medical Center / Texas Scottish Rite Hospital |
4,350 served
|
| Dallas County Sealant Initiative |
1,553 served
|
| Dental Oncology Education Program |
57,000 served
|
| Project Dental Awareness |
12,813 served
|
Meanwhile, the school's Project Dental Awareness provides area students an opportunity to receive access and exposure to the dental profession through visits from BCD staff to elementary and secondary schools. The program involves children from pre-kindergarten to sixth grades in hands-on activities as well as oral hygiene, disease prevention and nutrition instruction. The program also allows students in grades 7-12 to explore dentistry through field trips to the college.
The Dental Oncology Education Program, created in the spring of 1992 with funding from the Texas Cancer Council, is working to increase the effectiveness of dental professionals in oral cancer prevention and early detection and management of oral sequelae of cancer therapy. The program seeks to unify cancer control efforts, provide speakers and information on oral cancer prevention and detection, and assist in the dissemination of this information.
The Coastal Bend Health Education Center (CBHEC) brings a number of important educational programs to the Coastal Bend region, including Corpus Christi and the surrounding area. CBHEC's work in increasing the coordination and quantity of nursing recruitment in the area and its innovative asthma education and diabetes education programs are making a difference in the lives of South Texas residents.
Nursing and Allied Health, FY 2003
| 8 new Future Nurses Clubs established |
over 200 students participating
|
| First annual Future Nurses Club Conference held |
over 150 students participating
|
Asthma Education, FY 2003
| 83 physcians and staff provided with peer-to-peer program in Kingsville, Beeville, and Corpus Christi |
| 5 Asthma programs provided to Family Practice medical residents - 131 residents attending |
Diabetes Education, FY 2003
| 282 people with diabetes attended two-day Self-Management Class |
| 46 health care professionals attended two-day Self-Management Class |
| Assisted in starting classes in Falfurrias, Kingsville, and Aransas Pass |
Baylor College of Dentistry, the Coastal Bend Health Education Center, and the School of Rural Public Health provide opportunities for continuing education for health care professionals. Below are the statistics for the continuing education programs conducted in FY 2003.
Baylor College of Dentistry
| 62 lecture programs offered |
| 255 self-study programs offered |
| 3,572 total participants |
| 658 continuing education hours awarded |
Coastal Bend Health Education Center
| 163 programs offered |
| 3,225 total participants |
| 227 continuing education hours awarded |
School of Rural Public Health
| 241 total participants in AIDS Education Training Center |
| 319 total participants in Environmental Health for Health Care Professionals |
| 97 total participants in Texas Training Initiative for Emergency Response |
In addition, Scott & White, a College of Medicine teaching affiliate, awarded 1,328 hours of continuing education to 9,113 participants in FY 2002, the most recent reporting period.
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