Doctor Workforce Attrition: Doctor Workplace Attrition: An examination of pathways from work demands to organisational commitment

Doctor at work.

TO BE elected President of this august Society is a very great honour. However it also carries certain responsibilities and duties. The first hurdle and probably the most daunting is the presentation of a presidential address. On examining the list of presidents who have held office since I first became a member of the Ulster Medical Society thirty-one years ago I discovered, as I anticipated, ...

Doctor of Philosophy Thesis Examination

Techniques for writing reverse compilers or decompilers are presented in this thesis These techniques are based on compiler and optimization theory and are applied to decompilation in a unique way these techniques have never before been published A decompiler is composed of several phases which are grouped into modules dependent on language or machine features The front end is a machine depende...

The Doctor and His Work

n + ~ U T)^ ~ T By Charles J. Whitby, M.D. Cantab. Pp. 235. London : Stephen Swift & Co. Ltd. 1912. Price, 3s. 6d. net. Dr. Whitby gives us, in this readable little book, what may be styled his thoughts on the medical profession. He discusses the positions of physicians, surgeons, specialists, lady doctors, pharmacists, etc., in the ranks of medicine, and inclines to honour the general practiti...

Attrition Bias

A rapid review of the rate of attrition from the health workforce

BACKGROUND Attrition or losses from the health workforce exacerbate critical shortages of health workers and can be a barrier to countries reaching their universal health coverage and equity goals. Despite the importance of accurate estimates of the attrition rate (and in particular the voluntary attrition rate) to conduct effective workforce planning, there is a dearth of an agreed definition,...