Workforce Issues for the Academic Otolaryngologist

Health workforce issues for podiatry

Australia has one of the best health systems in the world on many parameters but is facing great challenges with an ageing population increasingly effected with chronic disease. There is also an unrealistic expectation amongst the community as to what the health system can provide and at what cost. A major challenge is the workforce – since it too is ageing. What is important as we move forward...

Community physiotherapy workforce issues.

CORREsPOnDEnCE TO: Janet Copeland Research and Professional development, new Zealand society of Physiotherapists, PO Box 27386, Wellington, new Zealand janet@physiotherapy. org.nz Although Primary Health Organisations (PHOs) were established to provide coordinated primary health care involving a range of providers, physiotherapy involvement in PHOs is limited. This means that access to physioth...

Eosinophilic Esophagitis for the Otolaryngologist

Objectives. This paper focuses on current diagnostic and treatment options for Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EE). Study Design. literature review. Results. EE can be suspected on history and endoscopy although definitive diagnosis is strictly based on histopathology. It is a relatively new entity and is often misdiagnosed as gastroesophageal reflux (GERD). Eosinophilic infiltration of the esophagea...

Rethinking scholarship: implications for the nursing academic workforce.

Building a strong academic workforce: challenges for the profession.

Over the last 20 years Australia has seen a huge growth in new occupational therapy programs. Each new program is an historic event that changes occupational therapy’s national profile. Each new course raises expectations. Governments fund universities expecting a civic and economic return on public investment through teaching, community engagement and research. Universities expect occupational...