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Health Policy Plan. 2012 Nov 27. [Epub ahead of print]
Pilot-testing an applied competency-based appraoch to health human resources planning.
Tomblin Murphy G, Mackenzie A, Alder R, Langley J, Hickey M, Cook A.
Source
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, Kresge Building, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1, Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Pediatrics and Infection Prevention and Control Services, IWK Health Centre, 5850 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3K 6R8, and McInnes Cooper, 1300-1969 Upper Water Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3J 2V1 and Consultant, 802 Shaw Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6G 3M1.
Abstract
A competency-based approach to health human resources (HHRs) planning is one that explicitly considers the spectrum of knowledge, skills and judgement (competencies) required for the health workforce based on the health needs of the relevant population in some specific circumstances. Such an approach is of particular benefit to planners challenged to make optimal use of limited HHR as it allows them to move beyond simply estimating numbers of certain professionals required and plan instead according to the unique mix of competencies available from the existing health workforce. This kind of flexibility is particularly valuable in contexts where healthcare providers are in short supply generally (e.g. in many developing countries) or temporarily due to a surge in need (e.g. a pandemic or other disease outbreak). A pilot application of this approach using the context of an influenza pandemic in one health district of Nova Scotia, Canada, is described, and key competency gaps identified. The approach is also being applied using other conditions in other Canadian jurisdictions and in Zambia.
PMID:
23193192
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Pilot-testing an applied competency-based appraoch to health human resources planning.
Tomblin Murphy G, Mackenzie A, Alder R, Langley J, Hickey M, Cook A.
Source
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, Kresge Building, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1, Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Pediatrics and Infection Prevention and Control Services, IWK Health Centre, 5850 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3K 6R8, and McInnes Cooper, 1300-1969 Upper Water Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3J 2V1 and Consultant, 802 Shaw Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6G 3M1.
Abstract
A competency-based approach to health human resources (HHRs) planning is one that explicitly considers the spectrum of knowledge, skills and judgement (competencies) required for the health workforce based on the health needs of the relevant population in some specific circumstances. Such an approach is of particular benefit to planners challenged to make optimal use of limited HHR as it allows them to move beyond simply estimating numbers of certain professionals required and plan instead according to the unique mix of competencies available from the existing health workforce. This kind of flexibility is particularly valuable in contexts where healthcare providers are in short supply generally (e.g. in many developing countries) or temporarily due to a surge in need (e.g. a pandemic or other disease outbreak). A pilot application of this approach using the context of an influenza pandemic in one health district of Nova Scotia, Canada, is described, and key competency gaps identified. The approach is also being applied using other conditions in other Canadian jurisdictions and in Zambia.
PMID:
23193192
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
