Issue 1/2020
Content (100 Articles)
Do cognitive aids reduce error rates in resuscitation team performance? Trial of emergency medicine protocols in simulation training (TEMPIST) in Australia
Charlotte Hall, Dean Robertson, Margaret Rolfe, Sharene Pascoe, Megan E. Passey, Sabrina Winona Pit
Interventions to improve team effectiveness within health care: a systematic review of the past decade
Martina Buljac-Samardzic, Kirti D. Doekhie, Jeroen D. H. van Wijngaarden
Nurse staffing in large general hospitals in China: an observational study
Yuchi Shen, Weiyan Jian, Qiufen Zhu, Wei Li, Wenhan Shang, Li Yao
Task shifting for point-of-care early infant diagnosis: a comparison of the quality of testing between nurses and laboratory personnel in Zimbabwe
Francis M. Simmonds, Jennifer E. Cohn, Haurovi W. Mafaune, Tichaona H. Nyamundaya, Agnes Mahomva, Addmore Chadambuka
Dental school tracks related to the retention of dentists in Thai government service: a cross-sectional survey
Philaiporn Vivatbutsiri, Thanachok Iempook, Sakda Wonghinkong, Sunisa Sopa, Palinee Detsomboonrat
The impact of a global health elective on CanMEDS competencies and future practice
Ashley Lanys, Gena Krikler, Rachel F. Spitzer
Health workforce demography: a framework to improve understanding of the health workforce and support achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
Sylvia Szabo, Andrea Nove, Zoë Matthews, Ashish Bajracharya, Ibadat Dhillon, Devendra Raj Singh, Aurora Saares, James Campbell
Physician workforce in the United States of America: forecasting nationwide shortages
Xiaoming Zhang, Daniel Lin, Hugh Pforsich, Vernon W. Lin
What is known about paediatric nurse burnout: a scoping review
Laura Buckley, Whitney Berta, Kristin Cleverley, Christina Medeiros, Kimberley Widger
Is enhancing the professionalism of healthcare providers critical to tackling antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries?
Mishal S. Khan, Sothavireak Bory, Sonia Rego, Sovanthida Suy, Anna Durrance-Bagale, Zia Sultana, Sophea Chhorn, Socheata Phou, Chanra Prien, Sotheara Heng, Johanna Hanefeld, Rumina Hasan, Vonthanak Saphonn
The role of private education in the selection of primary care careers in low and middle-income countries. Findings from a representative survey of medical residents in Brazil
Giuliano Russo, Alex J. Flores Cassenote, Aline G. Alves Guilloux, Mário César Scheffer
Medical training for universal health coverage: a review of Cuba–South Africa collaboration
Neil Squires, Susannah E. Colville, Kalipso Chalkidou, Shah Ebrahim
Uganda’s laboratory human resource in the era of global health initiatives: experiences, constraints and opportunities—an assessment of 100 facilities
Suzanne N. Kiwanuka, Noel Namuhani, Martha Akulume, Simeon Kalyesubula, William Bazeyo, Angela N. Kisakye
Development of a toolkit for educators of the wheelchair service provision process: the Seating and Mobility Academic Resource Toolkit (SMART)
Paula W. Rushton, Karen Fung, Mélina Gauthier, Mary Goldberg, Maria Toro, Nicky Seymour, Jon Pearlman
Proposing a re-conceptualisation of competency framework terminology for health: a scoping review
Jody-Anne Mills, James W. Middleton, Alison Schafer, Siobhan Fitzpatrick, Stephanie Short, Alarcos Cieza
The imperative of evidence-based health workforce planning and implementation: lessons from nurses and midwives unemployment crisis in Ghana
James Avoka Asamani, Ninon P. Amertil, Hamza Ismaila, Francis Abande Akugri, Juliet Nabyonga-Orem
Clarifying workforce flexibility from a division of labor perspective: a mixed methods study of an emergency department team
Sarah Wise, Christine Duffield, Margaret Fry, Michael Roche
Assessment of dual practice among physicians in Cambodia
Keovathanak Khim, Laura N. Goldman, Kristin Shaw, Jeffrey F. Markuns, Vonthanak Saphonn
Caribbean nurse migration—a scoping review
Shamel Rolle Sands, Kenchera Ingraham, Bukola Oladunni Salami
Attitudes of anesthetists towards an anesthesia-led nurse practitioner model for low-risk colonoscopy procedures: a cross-sectional survey
L. Weinberg, H. Grover, D. Cowie, E. Langley, M. Heland, D. A. Story
Gender imbalance in executive management positions at the Mexican National Institutes of Health
Lucero Soledad Rivera-Romano, Cristobal Fresno, Enrique Hernández-Lemus, Mireya Martínez-García, Maite Vallejo
Changing demographic trends among South African occupational therapists: 2002 to 2018
Lieketseng Ned, Ritika Tiwari, Helen Buchanan, Lana Van Niekerk, Kate Sherry, Usuf Chikte
Research to support evidence-informed decisions on optimizing the contributions of nursing and midwifery workforces
James Buchan, James Campbell, Carey McCarthy
Can traditional bonesetters become trained technicians? Feasibility study among a cohort of Nigerian traditional bonesetters
Ndubuisi Onu Onyemaechi, Ijeoma Uchenna Itanyi, Paulinus Okechukwu Ossai, Echezona Edozie Ezeanolue
Supervision as a tool for building surgical capacity of district hospitals: the case of Zambia
Jakub Gajewski, Nasser Monzer, Chiara Pittalis, Leon Bijlmakers, Mweene Cheelo, John Kachimba, Ruairi Brugha
Coordinating health workforce management in a devolved context: lessons from Kenya
Mathew Kariuki Thuku, Janet Muriuki, Ummuro Adano, Linet Oyucho, David Nelson
A scoping review on family medicine in sub-Saharan Africa: practice, positioning and impact in African health care systems
Maaike Flinkenflögel, Vincent Sethlare, Vincent Kalumire Cubaka, Mpundu Makasa, Abraham Guyse, Jan De Maeseneer
Using hospital auxiliary worker and 24-h TB services as potential tools to overcome in-hospital TB delays: a quasi-experimental study
Miguelhete Lisboa, Inês Fronteira, Paul H. Mason, Maria do Rosário O. Martins
A comparative analysis on human resources among the specialized ophthalmic medical institutions in China
Leilei Zhan, Neha Safaya, Hana Erkou, Lei An, Zhifeng Wang, Jingjing Feng, Xiao Xu
How many and which physicians? A comparative study of the evolution of the supply of physicians and specialist training in Brazil and Spain
Mário César Scheffer, Maria Pastor-Valero, Alex Jones Flores Cassenote, Antonio F. Compañ Rosique
Pharmaceutical care in Chinese public tertiary hospitals: findings from the 4th National Healthcare Improvement Initiative Survey
Mingshuang Li, Man Cao, Jing Sun, Yu Jiang, Yuanli Liu
Why do graduates choose to work in a less attractive specialty? A cross-sectional study on the role of personal values and expectations
Van Anh Thi Nguyen, Karen D. Könings, E. Pamela Wright, Giang Bao Kim, Hoat Ngoc Luu, Albert J. J. A. Scherpbier, Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer
Physicians’ perspective on shared decision-making in Dubai: a cross-sectional study
Mohamad Alameddine, Reem AlGurg, Farah Otaki, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali
Developing metrics for nursing quality of care for low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review linked to stakeholder engagement
David Gathara, Mathias Zosi, George Serem, Jacinta Nzinga, Georgina A. V. Murphy, Debra Jackson, Sharon Brownie, Mike English
Adapting a health video library for use in Afghanistan: provider-level acceptability and lessons for strengthening operational feasibility
Lara Lorenzetti, Jenae Tharaldson, Subarna Pradhan, Sayed Haroon Rastagar, Shafiqullah Hemat, Sharif A. H. Ahmadzai, Lisa S. Dulli, Amy Weissman, Catherine S. Todd
Mapping the peer-reviewed literature on accommodating nurses’ return to work after leaves of absence for mental health issues: a scoping review
Christine L. Covell, Shamel Rolle Sands, Kenchera Ingraham, Melanie Lavoie-Tremblay, Sheri L. Price, Carol Reichert, Ivy L. Bourgeault
Redressing the gender imbalance: a qualitative analysis of recruitment and retention in Mozambique’s community health workforce
Rosalind Steege, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Sozinho Ndima, Celso Give, Mohsin Sidat, Clara Ferrão, Sally Theobald
Reimagining the role of the nursing workforce in Uganda after more than a decade of ART scale-up
Henry Zakumumpa
Gender inequality in the health workforce in the midst of achieving universal health coverage in Mexico
Julio César Montañez-Hernández, Jacqueline Elizabeth Alcalde-Rabanal, Gustavo Humberto Nigenda-López, Gladis Patricia Aristizábal-Hoyos, Lorena Dini
Burnout in nursing: a theoretical review
Chiara Dall’Ora, Jane Ball, Maria Reinius, Peter Griffiths
Accommodating conscientious objection in the midwifery workforce: a ratio-data analysis of midwives, birth and late abortions in 18 European countries in 2016
Valerie Fleming, Clare Maxwell, Beate Ramsayer
Human resources for health interventions in high- and middle-income countries: findings of an evidence review
Sophie Witter, Mariam M. Hamza, Nahar Alazemi, Mohammed Alluhidan, Taghred Alghaith, Christopher H. Herbst
Correction to: Gender inequality in the health workforce in the midst of achieving universal health coverage in Mexico
Julio César Montañez-Hernández, Jacqueline Elizabeth Alcalde-Rabanal, Gustavo Humberto Nigenda-López, Gladis Patricia Aristizábal-Hoyos, Lorena Dini
Building capacities of Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) through a complementary mix of directed and self-directed skill-based learning—A case study in Pune District, Western India
Shilpa Karvande, Vidula Purohit, Somasundari Somla Gopalakrishnan, B. Subha Sri, Matthews Mathai, Nerges Mistry
Establishing voluntary certification of community health workers in Arizona: a policy case study of building a unified workforce
Maia Ingram, Samantha Sabo, Floribella Redondo, Yanitza Soto, Kim Russell, Heather Carter, Brook Bender, Jill Guernsey de Zapien
Sustainable workforce: South African Audiologists and Speech Therapists
Mershen Pillay, Ritika Tiwari, Harsha Kathard, Usuf Chikte
Global Fund financing and human resources for health investments in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Adeyemi Okunogbe, Diana Bowser, Gulin Gedik, Saha Naseri, Ayat Abu-Agla, Najibullah Safi
Radiotherapy in the Caribbean: a spotlight on the human resource and equipment challenges among CARICOM nations
Kellie Alleyne-Mike, Pearse Sylvester, Vladimir Henderson-Suite, Thana Mohoyodeen
Correction to: Are the Global Strategic Directions for Strengthening Nursing and Midwifery 2016–2020 being implemented in countries? Findings from a cross-sectional analysis
Onyema Ajuebor, Carey McCarthy, Yin Li, Sumaya Mohamed Al-Blooshi, Nonhlanhla Makhanya, Giorgio Cometto
Barriers to surgery performed by non-physician clinicians in sub-Saharan Africa—a scoping review
Phylisha van Heemskerken, Henk Broekhuizen, Jakub Gajewski, Ruairí Brugha, Leon Bijlmakers
Mentoring the working nurse: a scoping review
Jerilyn Hoover, Adam D. Koon, Erica N. Rosser, Krishna D. Rao
A cross-sectional study on preferred employment settings of final-year nursing students in Israel
Yael Sela, Keren Grinberg, Yair Shapiro, Rachel Nissanholtz-Gannot
Measuring motivation among close-to-community health workers: developing the CTC Provider Motivational Indicator Scale across six countries
Frédérique Vallières, Maryse Kok, Ilias Mahmud, Malabika Sarker, Philippa Jeacocke, Robinson Karuga, Licia Limato, Aschenaki Z. Kea, Kingsley Chikaphupha, Mohsin Sidat, Brynne Gilmore, Miriam Taegtmeyer
Involving systems thinking and implementation science in pharmacists’ emerging role to facilitate the safe and appropriate use of traditional and complementary medicines
Joanna E. Harnett, Shane P. Desselle, Hao Hu, Carolina Oi Lam Ung
Knowledge, attitude, and preparedness toward IPV care provision among nurses and midwives in Tanzania
Joel Seme Ambikile, Sebalda Leshabari, Mayumi Ohnishi
Spatial distribution of the “Mais Médicos (More Doctors) Program” and social vulnerability: an analysis of the Brazilian metropolitan regions
Aimê Oliveira, Jorge Otávio Maia Barreto, Sidclei Queiroga de Araújo, Leonor Maria Pacheco Santos
How should community health workers in fragile contexts be supported: qualitative evidence from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Democratic Republic of Congo
Joanna Raven, Haja Wurie, Ayesha Idriss, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Amuda Baba, Gartee Nallo, Karsor K. Kollie, Laura Dean, Rosie Steege, Tim Martineau, Sally Theobald
Preferences of physicians for public and private sector work
Anthony Scott, Jon Helgeim Holte, Julia Witt
Biased technical change in hospital care and the demand for physicians
Jos L. T. Blank, Thomas K. Niaounakis, Vivian G. Valdmanis
Implementation and evaluation of a Project ECHO telementoring program for the Namibian HIV workforce
Leonard Bikinesi, Gillian O’Bryan, Clay Roscoe, Tadesse Mekonen, Naemi Shoopala, Assegid T. Mengistu, Souleymane Sawadogo, Simon Agolory, Gram Mutandi, Valerie Garises, Rituparna Pati, Laura Tison, Ledor Igboh, Carla Johnson, Evelyn M. Rodriguez, Tedd Ellerbrock, Heather Menzies, Andrew L. Baughman, Laura Brandt, Norbert Forster, John Scott, Brian Wood, Kenton T. Unruh, Sanjeev Arora, Michelle Iandiorio, Summers Kalishman, Sarah Zalud-Cerrato, Jutta Lehmer, Stephen Lee, Mohammed A. Mahdi, Samantha Spedoske, Alexandra Zuber, Brigg Reilley, Christian B. Ramers, Ndapewa Hamunime, Gabrielle O’Malley, Bruce Struminger
A health care professionals training needs assessment for oncology in Uganda
Josaphat Byamugisha, Ian G. Munabi, Aloysius G. Mubuuke, Amos D. Mwaka, Mike Kagawa, Isaac Okullo, Nixon Niyonzima, Pastan Lusiba, Peruth Ainembabazi, Caroline Kankunda, Dennis D. Muhumuza, Jackson Orem, Diana Atwine, Charles Ibingira
Plan, recruit, retain: a framework for local healthcare organizations to achieve a stable remote rural workforce
Birgit Abelsen, Roger Strasser, David Heaney, Peter Berggren, Sigurður Sigurðsson, Helen Brandstorp, Jennifer Wakegijig, Niclas Forsling, Penny Moody-Corbett, Gwen Healey Akearok, Anne Mason, Claire Savage, Pam Nicoll
Development of competency model for family physicians against the background of ‘internet plus healthcare’ in China: a mixed methods study
Ziling Ni, Xiaohe Wang, Siyu Zhou, Tao Zhang
Midwives’ challenges and factors that motivate them to remain in their workplace in the Democratic Republic of Congo—an interview study
Malin Bogren, Malin Grahn, Berthollet Bwira Kaboru, Marie Berg
“They have been neglected for a long time”: a qualitative study on the role and recognition of rural health motivators in the Shiselweni region, Eswatini
Caroline Walker, Doris Burtscher, John Myeni, Bernhard Kerschberger, Bernadette Schausberger, Barbara Rusch, Nosipho Dlamini, Katherine Whitehouse
Modern work patterns of “classic” versus millennial family doctors and their effect on workforce planning for community-based primary care: a cross-sectional survey
Lindsay Hedden, Setareh Banihosseini, Nardia Strydom, Rita McCracken
Work-life interface and intention to stay in the midwifery profession among pre- and post-clinical placement students in Canada
Farimah HakemZadeh, Elena Neiterman, James Chowhan, Jennifer Plenderleith, Johanna Geraci, Isik Zeytinoglu, Derek Lobb
Exploring the role of shift work in the self-reported health and wellbeing of long-term and assisted-living professional caregivers in Alberta, Canada
Oluwagbohunmi Awosoga, Claudia Steinke, Christina Nord, Jon Doan, Stephanie Varsanyi, Jeff Meadows, Adesola Odole, Sheli Murphy
Ensuring quality of health workforce education and practice: strengthening roles of accreditation and regulatory systems
William Burdick, Ibadat Dhillon
Health professional regulation in historical context: Canada, the USA and the UK (19th century to present)
Tracey L. Adams
Experiences of a new cadre of midwives in Bangladesh: findings from a mixed method study
Rashid U. Zaman, Adiba Khaled, Muhammod Abdus Sabur, Shahidul Islam, Shehlina Ahmed, Joe Varghese, Della Sherratt, Sophie Witter
Regulation, migration and expectation: internationally qualified health practitioners in Australia—a qualitative study
Melissa Cooper, Philippa Rasmussen, Judy Magarey
Maternal and newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: re-contextualising the community midwifery model
Rachel Wangari Kimani, Rose Maina, Constance Shumba, Sheila Shaibu
The association between the workload of general practitioners and patient experiences with care: results of a cross-sectional study in 33 countries
Willemijn L. A. Schäfer, Michael J. van den Berg, Peter P. Groenewegen
Increasing access to health workers in rural and remote areas: what do stakeholders’ value and find feasible and acceptable?
Onyema Ajuebor, Mathieu Boniol, Michelle McIsaac, Chukwuemeka Onyedike, Elie A. Akl
The current status of gender equity in medicine in Korea: an online survey about perceived gender discrimination
Hyun-Young Shin, Hang Aie Lee
Are health care assistants part of the long-term solution to the nursing workforce deficit in Kenya?
Louise Fitzgerald, David Gathara, Jacob McKnight, Jacinta Nzinga, Mike English
The experiences of female surgeons around the world: a scoping review
Meredith D. Xepoleas, Naikhoba C. O. Munabi, Allyn Auslander, William P. Magee, Caroline A. Yao
Virtual adaptation of traditional healthcare quality improvement training in response to COVID-19: a rapid narrative review
Zuneera Khurshid, Aoife De Brún, Gemma Moore, Eilish McAuliffe
Using data to support evidence-informed decisions about skilled birth attendants in fragile contexts: a situational analysis from Democratic Republic of the Congo
Amuda Baba, Tim Martineau, Sally Theobald, Paluku Sabuni, Joanna Raven
The COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity to develop more sustainable health workforces
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Claudia B. Maier, Marjolein Dieleman, Jane Ball, Adrian MacKenzie, Susan Nancarrow, Gustavo Nigenda, Mohsin Sidat
Strengthening the clinical laboratory workforce in Cambodia: a case study of a mixed-method in-service training program to improve laboratory quality management system oversight
Siew Kim Ong, Grant T. Donovan, Nayah Ndefru, Sophanna Song, Chhayheng Leang, Sophat Sek, Michael Noble, Lucy A. Perrone
Projecting supply and demand for pharmacists in pharmacies based on the number of prescriptions and system dynamics modeling
Yasuhiro Morii, Seiichi Furuta, Tomoki Ishikawa, Kensuke Fujiwara, Hiroko Yamashina, Katsuhiko Ogasawara
Alignment and contribution of nursing doctoral programs to achieve the sustainable development goals
Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes, Carla Aparecida Arena Ventura, Ítalo Rodolfo Silva, Elucir Gir, Emerson Willian Santos de Almeida, Artur Acelino Francisco Luz Nunes Queiroz, Bruna Sordi Carrara, Raquel Helena Hernandez Fernandes, Tiago Privado da Silva, Álvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa
Impact of Medical Doctors Global Health and Tropical Medicine on decision-making in caesarean section: a pre- and post-implementation study in a rural hospital in Malawi
Wouter Bakker, Emma Bakker, Christiaan Huigens, Emily Kaunda, Timothy Phiri, Jogchum Beltman, Jos van Roosmalen, Thomas van den Akker
Factors associated with the recruitment of foreign nurses in Japan: a nationwide study of hospitals
Yuko O. Hirano, Kunio Tsubota, Shun Ohno
The effect of breaches of the psychological contract on the job satisfaction and wellbeing of doctors in Ireland: a quantitative study
Aedin Collins, Alexandra Beauregard
The relevance of educational attainments of parents of medical students for health workforce planning: data from Guiné-Bissau
Paulo Ferrinho, Inês Fronteira, Tiago Correia, Clotilde Neves
Occupational stress and burnout among physiotherapists: a cross-sectional survey in Cadiz (Spain)
Ines Carmona-Barrientos, Francisco J. Gala-León, Mercedes Lupiani-Giménez, Alberto Cruz-Barrientos, David Lucena-Anton, Jose A. Moral-Munoz
Looking back to look forward: a review of human resources for health governance in South Africa from 1994 to 2018
Manya Van Ryneveld, Helen Schneider, Uta Lehmann
Factors associated with increasing rural doctor supply in Asia-Pacific LMICs: a scoping review
Likke Prawidya Putri, Belinda Gabrielle O’Sullivan, Deborah Jane Russell, Rebecca Kippen
More public health service providers are experiencing job burnout than clinical care providers in primary care facilities in China
Shan Lu, Liang Zhang, Niek Klazinga, Dionne Kringos
Workforce experience of the implementation of an advanced clinical practice framework in England: a mixed methods evaluation
Jessica Lawler, Katrina Maclaine, Alison Leary
Task-shifting directly observed treatment and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis injection administration to lay health workers: stakeholder perceptions in rural Eswatini
Ernest Peresu, J. Christo Heunis, N. Gladys Kigozi, Diana De Graeve
Challenges and policy opportunities in nursing in Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Alluhidan, Nabiha Tashkandi, Fahad Alblowi, Tagwa Omer, Taghred Alghaith, Hussah Alghodaier, Nahar Alazemi, Kate Tulenko, Christopher H. Herbst, Mariam M. Hamza, Mohammed G. Alghamdi
Turnover among Australian general practitioners: a longitudinal gender analysis
E. Anne Bardoel, Grant Russell, Jenny Advocat, Susan Mayson, Margaret Kay
The prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression within front-line healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-regression
Nader Salari, Habibolah Khazaie, Amin Hosseinian-Far, Behnam Khaledi-Paveh, Mohsen Kazeminia, Masoud Mohammadi, Shamarina Shohaimi, Alireza Daneshkhah, Soudabeh Eskandari