Several manpower planning models are presented that exploit the longitudinal stability of manpower cohorts. The manpower planning process is described along with the problem of identifying and obtaining various types of longitudinal data. An infinite horizon linear program for calculating minimum cost manpower input plans is found to have a straightforward solution in a great many cases and to ...

nursing manpower plays an important role in care quality and health promotion. so any health care organization without an efficient nursing unit is not expected to survive for a long time. this study was conducted to estimate the number of the necessary nursing manpower for the selected hospitals according to the proposed model by the iran ministry of health.this research is a cross wardal stud...

System Dynamics Modeling, is the computerized model based on the conceptualized interactions of multiple factors within the study system. The present study applied the method of system dynamics modeling in estimation of man power need in dental public health from 1995 to 2015. The base line information derived from the National Oral Health Survey in 1984, 1989 and 1994. The results of projectio...

The purpose of this project was to define education and training requirements for hospital-based dentists to efficiently and meaningfully participate in a hospital disaster response. Eight dental faculty with hospital-based training and/or military command and CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive) expertise were recruited as an expert panel. A consensus set of recom...

SPECIAL REPORTS 139 Pre-existing policy and opinion have suggested that the maldistribution of specialists should be addressed by greatly increasing the number of trainees. Current projections suggest that a substantial excess of cardiologists will develop over the next few decades. Presently, in several sectors of the U.S., a surplus of cardiologists exists. It is our consensus that the traini...

The Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), colloquially labeled the “drone,” has become iconic of American military campaigns this century. However, with surging demand for RPA combat operations, the United States Air Force (USAF) has struggled to train and retain sufficient manpower to operate these aircraft. Earlier efforts to address this challenge relied on military intuition and subjective input...