Margaret Flinter (born 1953) is an American nurse practitioner and health care executive. She is senior vice president and clinical director of Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC), the largest federally qualified health center in Connecticut, and founder of the Weitzman Institute.[1] She joined CHC in 1980 as a National Health Service Corps scholar, and in 2007 launched the first formal postgraduate residency training program for nurse practitioners in primary care.[2][3] This training model is now used nationally by health systems including the Department of Veterans Affairs.[4] Flinter and colleagues later established the Consortium for Advanced Practice Providers, which is recognized by the Department of Education as an accrediting organization for postgraduate nurse practitioner and physician assistant training programs.[3][5]
Margaret Flinter | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 72–73) |
| Alma mater | University of Connecticut (BSN, PhD); Yale University (MSN) |
| Known for | Postgraduate residency training for nurse practitioners |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nursing; primary care |
| Institutions | Community Health Center, Inc. |
| Thesis | From New Nurse Practitioner to Primary Care Provider: A Multiple Case Study of New Nurse Practitioners Who Completed a Formal Post-Graduate Residency Training (2010) |
Flinter is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.[6] She co-chaired Connecticut's health-reform bodies, the HealthFirst Connecticut Authority and the State-Wide Primary Care Access Authority, during the lead-up to the Affordable Care Act.[7][8] She has testified before the U.S. Senate as an expert on primary care.[9][5]
Selected publications
edit- Flinter, Margaret (2011). "From New Nurse Practitioner to Primary Care Provider: Bridging the Transition through FQHC-Based Residency Training". Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. 17 (1): 6. PMID 22320872.
- Hart, A. M.; Flinter, Margaret (2017). "Thematic Elements of the Postgraduate NP Residency Year and Transition to the Primary Care Provider Role in a Federally Qualified Health Center". Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. 7. doi:10.5430/jnep.v7n1p95.
- Hart, A. M.; Seagriff, N.; Flinter, Margaret (2022). "Sustained Impact of a Postgraduate Residency Training Program on Nurse Practitioners' Careers". Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. 13 21501319221136938. doi:10.1177/21501319221136938. PMC 9663609. PMID 36373693.
- Flinter, Margaret; Quarles, K. (2022). Training the Next Generation: Residency and Fellowship Programs (PDF). Weitzman Institute.
- Flinter, Margaret; et al. (2025). "National Assessment of Health Center Readiness to Train Health Profession Students". BMC Health Services Research. 25 (1) 976. doi:10.1186/s12913-025-13046-4. PMC 12291254. PMID 40707953.
References
edit- ↑ "Margaret Flinter". Community Health Center, Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
- ↑ Barber, Charles (2022). Peace & Health: How a group of small-town activists and college students set out to change healthcare. Octoberworks. p. 59. ISBN 9781959262022.
- 1 2 Powell, Nicole Reinecke; Thompson, Alexandra G. (2022). "Matching Access to Need: New Perspective on Nurse Practitioner Residency Programs". The Journal of Nurse Practitioners. 18 (6). doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2022.02.019.
- ↑ "Effects of Completing a Postgraduate Residency or Fellowship Program" (PDF). Retrieved 2026-06-15.
- 1 2 "Testimony of Margaret Flinter" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. 2022-02-10.
- ↑ "Margaret Flinter". Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
- ↑ "HealthFirst Connecticut Authority — Meeting Minutes" (PDF). Connecticut General Assembly. 2008-02-20.
- ↑ "State-Wide Primary Care Access Authority — Meeting Minutes" (PDF). Connecticut General Assembly. 2008-10-29.
- ↑ "Addressing Primary Care Access and Workforce Challenges: Voices from the Field". U.S. Government Publishing Office. 2014-04-09.