What new professional health workers want.

What teachers’ want: Identifying mathematics teachers’ professional learning needs

What patients really want from health care.

IN 2012, PERHAPS THE MOST WIDELY SCRUTINIZED SECtor of the economy in North America will be the health care industry. Politicians, policy analysts, academics, and the public share concerns about the state of health care in both the United States and Canada. However, each of these constituencies has a different perspective. Most sectors of the economy are characterized by a supply side that focu...

Building teams in primary care: what do nonlicensed allied health workers want?

INTRODUCTION Nonlicensed allied health workers are becoming increasingly important in collaborative team care, yet we know little about their experiences while filling these roles. To explore their perceptions of working as health coaches in a chronic-disease collaborative team, the teamlet model, we conducted a qualitative study to understand the nature and dynamics of this emerging role. ME...

What do health workers in Timor-Leste want, know and do? Findings from a national health labour market survey

BACKGROUND The objectives of this study were to understand the labour market dynamics among health workers, including their preferences and concerns, and to assess the skills, competence and performance (i.e. the 'know-do gap') of doctors working in Timor-Leste. METHODS This cross-sectional survey was implemented in all 13 districts of Timor-Leste in 2014. We surveyed 443 health workers, incl...

The next Australian Health Care Agreements: what clinicians want.

For the first time experienced clinicians are to be involved in the development of the Australian Health Care Agreements (AHCAs) (2003-2008). As a result doctors, nurses and allied health professionals are hoping that current impediments to necessary change will be removed. Numerous suggestions to improve the Agreement will come forward from the "front line". All clinicians will argue that the ...