Determining the drivers of retention in midwifery can assist workforce planning.
For example, scaling up HIV services in Mozambique and the associated health worker requirements were modelled to assist workforce planning [ 23].
In an attempt to devise a simpler computable tool to assist workforce planners in determining what might be an appropriate mix of health service skills, our discussion led us to consider the implications of skill mixing and workforce composition beyond the 'stock and flow' approach of much workforce planning activity.
The Medical Schools Outcomes Database and Longitudinal Tracking (MSOD) Project provides a foundation for evaluating outcomes of medical education programs against specified workforce objectives (including rural and areas of workforce needs), assisting in medical workforce planning, and provision of a national research resource.
It should be there to assist the workforce and not to be abused.
Chris Kaufman, national officer of the TGWU, said: "The government should also assist the workforce by ensuring that the benefits they are entitled to are processed without delay".
"There is a myth being sold to industrial and rural communities: the myth that we can stop the clock and turn it back," and he touted his attempts in the city to assist the workforce with training and skills programs.
Doctors' career choices, and views about their jobs and training, provide insights which can assist with workforce planning.
Table 2 presents a set of guiding principles developed to assist health workforce planners and implementers in applying the framework so as to serve the needs of a particular country best.
As founder of Kristen Knepper Consulting, her mission is to help organizations retain and engage the talent of the modern workforce, while assisting individuals in recognizing and articulating their own value.
Governments are responsible for assuring the capabilities of newly entering healthcare workers into the workforce and assisting schools, universities, and training colleges to produce high quality professionals.
