BACKGROUND There is a serious human resource crisis in the health sector in developing countries, particularly in Africa. One of the challenges is the low motivation of health workers. Experience and the evidence suggest that any comprehensive strategy to maximize health worker motivation in a developing country context has to involve a mix of financial and non-financial incentives. This study ...

Vidzeme University College for regional human resources developing elaborating a new professional Master’s study programme “Research and Management of Sociotechnical Systems’’. One of the most essential courses in the programme is Social Systems’ Simulation Tools and Technologies. To design the contents of this course, it is important to choose well grounded necessary tools and technologies bot...

BACKGROUND Attention is turning to nurses, who form the greatest proportion of health personnel worldwide, to play a greater role in delivering health services amidst a severe human resources for health crisis and overwhelming disease burden in low-income countries. Nurse leaders in low-income countries must consider essential context for nurses to fulfill their professional obligation to deliv...

Background: The increasing need and demand for professional nurses and enhance the quality of professional services is a key issue that has led to professional practice in health systems. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the standards of nursing professionalism based on faculties' points of view. Methods: Qualitative design in this study was content analysis with purposive sampling. Da...

Professional burnout is a complex set of different components. Emotional exhaustion, related to depersonalization and a sense of lowered personal achievements, is the most important phenomenon, which likely starts the whole process. A significant cause of the burnout is the loss of resources. According to Hobfoll's conservation of resources theory, the burnout syndrome is defined as a process o...

This study was designed to examine and describe planning strategies used by persons developing continuing professional education (CPE) programs for six professional fields. From the description of practice in the six professions, a general model portraying the program development process was developed. The research methods used to guide the inquiry were those of grounded theory. Results indicat...

BACKGROUND Evidence is available on the potential efficacy of interprofessional education (IPE) to foster interprofessional cooperation, improve professional satisfaction, and improve patient care. While the intention of the World Health Organization (WHO) is to implement IPE in all countries, evidence comes from developed countries about its efficiency, challenges, and barriers to planning and...