141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

5118.0
Training, human resource development and workforce issues

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
This session will discuss the pitfalls of insufficient health work force in resource poor settings and strategies on how best to address this challenge.
Session Objectives: Discuss the importance of having a trained work force in public health
Moderator:
Laura Altobelli, DrPH, MPH

10:30am
Shortage of surgeons, obstetricians and anesthesiologist in low and middle income countries   
Marguerite Hoyler, Samuel Finlayson, MD MPH, John Meara, MD, DMD, MBA and Lars Hagander, MD
10:45am
Collecting dust on the shelf: How can we ensure human resources for health strategic plans get implemented?   
Sarah Dominis, MPH, MBA, MGM, John GH Palen, PhD, MPH, PA and Jordan Tuchman, MPH
     
11:00am
Implementing a successful and sustainable pay-for-performance system at a large family planning NGO in Jordan   
Marc Luoma, B.A.
     
11:15am
Review and comparison of public health dental, environmental, and nursing workforce enumerations in Ontario: How do we compare nationally and internationally?   
Daniel CHO and Siu Mee Cheng
11:30am
A “straight to the point” approach to local capacity development   
Joseph Petraglia, PhD and Olivia Moseley
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Medical Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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