HR Resources Newsletter Archives
FEATURED ARTICLE
HealthcarePapers, 9(2) 2009: 6-19
Role of Educational Institutions in Identifying and
Responding to Emerging Health Human Resources Needs
John-Paul Tzountzouris and John H.V. Gilbert
Abstract:
The healthcare system continues to evolve, requiring innovation to
promote patient-centred, fiscally responsible healthcare delivery.
This evolution includes changes to the skills and competencies
required of the health human resources (HHR), both regulated and
unregulated, who are central supports to healthcare delivery. This
has become a priority agenda item at the international, national,
provincial, regional and local levels. This paper describes the
system factors that drive the emergence of HHR skill and competency
needs, and explores the roles of various institutions in the
identification of and response to HHR needs. Educational
institutions play an important role in responding to emerging HHR
needs. Their actual response to HHR skill and competency needs will
ultimately depend on the risk posed to the organizations of either
addressing, or not addressing, these needs. These decisions are
complex and are balanced against strategic, operational and
educational risks, benefits and realities within each given
educational institution. Educational institutions - through their
linkages with the workplace, industry, professional organizations
and government - have a unique view and understanding of many
facets of the complexity of HHR planning. This paper proposes that
educational institutions play a pivotal role as levers in a more
coordinated response to emerging HHR needs and, as such, should be
intimately involved in comprehensive HHR planning.
Read the article here.
To subscribe to any of the Longwoods journals, click here.
From the HR Resources Database ....
An Up-Close Look at Seven Major Health
Professions
Canadian Institute for Health Information
With more than one million people in Canada employed in health occupations it is crucial to understand who they are, their work patterns and how their workforce is evolving is vital in planning for the future of health care in Canada. CIHI's five reports provides the data of seven Canadian major health professions.
In a series of five new reports released December 1, 2008, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) provides the latest available and most comprehensive data in Canada about the supply, distribution, migration, education, demographic trends and work patterns for seven major health professions. The reports highlight changes in workforce trends over several years for physicians, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and registered psychiatric nurses, as well as recent data for occupational therapists, physiotherapists and pharmacists.
"More than one million people in Canada are employed in health occupations, working together as part of a health care team," says Francine Anne Roy, Director of Health Resources Information at CIHI. "The services offered by these workers are critical to the health and well-being of Canadians. Understanding who they are, their work patterns and how their workforce is evolving is vital in planning for the future of health care in Canada."
Read the article here.
Check out this blog: Fistful of
Talent
Recent blogs include:
How Far Would You Go For a 3 Million Dollar Annual
Retainer as a Recruiter?
Temp Execs Mean Temp Employees...
CAREERS: sent to +40,000 people including Canada's student nurses.
Visit our portal of more than 60 participating healthcare
recruitment centres.
[Send your career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]
Are you trying to recruit senior administrators? Are you looking for recognized leaders in healthcare? Do you need to recruit Nurses? Post your positions on the LONGWOODS HEALTHCARE JOBSHEET
Our web traffic is pretty dynamic on Longwoods.com.
Number of pages visited per month [March 09] -
679,619
Number of hits per month [March 09] -
2,564,130
Number of visits per month [March 09] -
214,685
Number of unique visitors per month [March 09] -
64,630
Members of the Canadian Nursing Students' Association (CNSA)
receive free online access to www.Longwoods.com, the Longwoods Healthcare JobSheet, and The Canadian
Journal of Nursing Leadership (CJNL).
CNSA has selected the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
(CJNL) as their journal of choice as it contains peer-reviewed
articles and they must reference peer reviewed articles in their
courses. We also have more than 400 colleges and universities
providing students worldwide online access to our
publications.
Information regarding other recruiting rates can be found here.
Recruiters find the Longwoods Healthcare JobSheet gives very good return for healthcare positions. Posting is easy. Here are the details.
The JobSheet is simple: cheap, fast, efficient, &
very effective.
Cost is $1.00 a word per week (net + gst). Minimum $75.00 (net +
gst) per posting. Logos can be included for an additional $20.00
(net + gst) each.
Positions are posted on theJobSheet and promoted in the weekly Longwoods eLetter, which goes out every Tuesday morning to over 40,000+ healthcare readers.Click here for our eLetter Archives.
Note: Discounts apply for multiple week postings (i.e. 10% for 2 weeks, 15% for 3 weeks, 20% for 4 weeks). Postings are billed per week based on word count. All of our recruiting rates are net.
Here's how it works - Send me the words and
logo in a Word document. I will send you a quote, then I will post
the ad online and send you a URL for proofing. We will invoice by
mail unless a different method is requested.
Want to know more? Contact Susan Hale by
email or call 416-864-9667 x 104.
TRANSITIONS
June 30, 2009
Maureen MacDonald to Minister of Health, Nova
Scotia
Mary Schryer to Minister of Health, New
Brunswick
Kevin Smith to President and CEO of St. Joseph's
Health System (effective in October). More here.
June 23, 2009
Jim Flett to Chief Operating Officer, Kingston
General Hospital (ON)
Shannon Graham to Vice President People &
Organizational Effectiveness, Kingston General Hospital (ON)
Dr. David Zelt to Vice President Medical
Administration & Chief of Staff, Kingston General Hospital
(ON)
J'Neene Hauck to Chief Financial Officer, Kingston
General Hospital (ON)
Mike Conroy to Alberta Health Services as the
Executive Vice President of Corporate Services.
Dr. Larry Chambers (Sisters of Charity - Ottawa)
to the Board of Directors, the Change Foundation
Susan Piggott(CAMH) to the Board of Directors, the
Change Foundation
[Don't forget, we don't make these up. Please send your promotions, appointments, retirements and other transitions to publisher@longwoods.com.] Our transitions come from sources we believe to be reliable. We do not guarantee that they are correct. But we are rarely wrong.
Review all recently reported Transitions here.
For a three-year searchable history of leadership transitions and appointments across the country, organized by date, click here. Or visit Longwoods Transitions in Healthcare Blog for recent healthcare transitions.
Comments
Be the first to comment on this!
Personal Subscriber? Sign In
Note: Please enter a display name. Your email address will not be publically displayed