DISCLOSURES: NIL ABSTRACT Aims: To compare the anaesthesia and surgical manpower in four tertiary hospitals in Nigeria and assess the anaesthesia work load in those institutions; to determine the per capita anaesthetist manpower in Nigeria (anaesthesia providers per 100,000 population) and compare with what obtains in other regions of the world. Materials and Methods: This is a multicentre stud...

I appreciate the letter of Drs. Arnett and Orient regarding the COMPACCS, Committee on Manpower of Pulmonary and Critical Care Societies.1 I enthusiastically agree that it would be a mistake, indeed it would be impossible, to “force residents into different subspeciality training programs. . . .” That was never the intent or goal of manpower planning nor the point of my editorial. It is absolut...

The number o f patients in the Witwatersrand-Vaal area, requiring maxillofacial prosthodontic treatment has in­ creased rapidly in the past few years. In order to deter­ mine the future manpower needs a questionnaire was sent to 306 medical and dental specialists, and speech ther­ apists who practised in the Witwatersrand-Vaal area. The results o f this study showed that the projected increase ...

elite migration and brain drain trend in iran have undergone a dramatic ascent in the past few decades while we are seriously in need of educated manpower to help accomplish the 20-year national vision. so to consider brain drain is necessary and must be accounted by policymakers in all levels. in the upcoming paper, we study the brain drain as a social problem and elaborate a five-dimensional ...

The development of new hardware, end user-software and the globalization of the telecommunications industry has generated an acute demand and corresponding shortage for trained IT (information technology) professionals. The IT manpower shortage has become particularly crucial for U.S. domestic and U.S. multinational organizations where staffing shortfalls may generate a significant impact upon ...

BACKGROUND Because of the shortage of health professionals, particularly in specialty areas, Rwanda initiated the Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program. In this program, faculty from United States teaching institutions (USF) "twin" with Rwandan Faculty (RF) to transfer skills. This paper assesses the twinning model, exploring USF and RF goal setting, satisfaction and perceptions of the effec...