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Province
developing best practices guidelines for physician recruitment
The provincial physician
recruitment office of the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Boards
Association, in cooperation with the Department of Health and Community
Services, has received support from Health Canada to develop best
practice guidelines for strategies related to physician recruitment,
orientation and retention.
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The provincial physician recruitment
office of the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Boards Association,
in cooperation with the Department of Health and Community Services,
has received support from Health Canada to develop best practice
guidelines for strategies related to physician recruitment,
orientation and retention.
The project reports directly to the
vice-presidents of medical services of the regional health authorities.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons as well as many physician
stakeholders are participating in the project to ensure that the end
result is practical and applied appropriately for all employers and
physicians. The following provides an overview of some of the work
completed to date under the headings (a) orientation and (b)
hospitality.
Orientation
An extensive literature search,
environmental scan and a formal study entitled “Physician Orientation
IMG Survey” have been completed. The research has identified current
orientation practices within the province and, through all of this work,
best practices are gradually being identified.
Surveys are being completed by many
resident groups, including program directors and vice-presidents of
medical services, NorFam residents and nurse practitioners working in
coastal Labrador. Orientation programs in Manitoba and Saskatchewan have
been critiqued.
Based on this work an orientation grid is
being built that will become a guiding document for content development.
The next steps will be to determine how best to organize this
information for ease of access and editing.
Hospitality
This portion of the project is designed to
study the province’s recruitment experience from a business perspective.
P. J. Gardiner Institute at Memorial
University is participating in building the evidence required to create
a provincial recruitment and retention strategy.
Another aspect of the project has been
contracted to the Association of New Canadians
who are developing
materials about settlement and cultural sensitivities, as well as
piloting a community resource service to help physicians and their
families during the initial stages of relocation to rural communities.
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