Thursday, March 22, 2007

7:30-9:00AM Registration
9:00-10:30AM

Opening ceremony/Plenary I, Ensuring an Adequate Workforce

Plenary Speakers:

Moderator:  Dr. Mary A. Pittman, Health Research and Educational Trust
10:30-11:00AM Coffee Break/Posters
11:00-12:30PM

Plenary II: The Role of Health Care Provider Organizations, Government and Donors in Human Resource Development, Management and Retention

Plenary Speakers:

Moderator:  Professor Per-Gunnar Svensson, International Hospital Federation
12:30-2:00PM Lunch Break/Posters
2:00-3:30PM

Plenary III: The Role of Professional Organizations in Human Resource Development, Management and Retention

Plenary Speakers:

Moderator:  Gerard Vincent, International Hospital Federation, French Hospital Federation
3:30-4:00PM Coffee Break/Posters
4:00-5:30PM Parallel Sessions

Theme I: The Health Worker: A National and Global Profile

I. Data Collection Methods and Limitations – Are Data Sets Evidence-Based?

  • Malke Borow, Israeli Medical Association
    ~ Physicians Migration, The Israeli Experience
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  • Dr. Linda O’Brien-Pallas, Nursing Health Services Research Unit, University of Toronto
    ~ Monitoring Progress in Attaining Sustainable Global Nursing and Midwifery Human Resource
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  • Miklos Szocskz, Semmelweis University Health Services Management Training Centre
    ~ Research Data of Medical Migration (Medical Doctors) in Hungary; Evaluation, Lessons, Conclusions
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  • Richard Scheffler, University of California, Berkeley
    ~ Lasting Global Shortages and Surpluses of Physicians: New Estimates and Forecasts
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Moderator:  Andres de Francisco, Global Forum for Health Research

II. Migrating Professionals as Agents for Exchange of Skills/Culture, etc.

  • Jean-Christophe Dumont, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
    ~ International Migration of Health Professionals and Nurses: New Evidence and Recent Trends in OECD Countries
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  • Julia Puebla-Fortier, Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care
    ~ Cultural Competency of Health Care Workers; Use of Foreign Health Workers as Cultural Intermediaries
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  • Christy Wagner, International Organization for Migration
    ~ Responding to the Challenges of the Migration of Human Resources for Health in East Africa: From Awareness to Action
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Moderator:  Dr. Gordon Watkins, World Dental Federation

Theme II. Strategies to Develop, Sustain and Retain an Effective Health Workforce: Global and National Perspectives

III. The Role Of Foreign Aid And Government

  • Guy Pfefferman, Management Education and Research Consortium
    ~ A New Network Approach to Building Local Capacity for Training Managers in Low-Income Countries
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  • Naomi Toyoshi-Hamada, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    ~ Zambian Public Sector Nurses Incentives and Motivation in the Context of the Migration: How to Retain Zambian Nurses?
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  • Patricia Vane, Pan American Health Organization
    ~ Public Expenditure and Human Resources in Health: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
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Moderator:  Dr. Estelle E. Quain, U.S. Agency for International Development

IV. Human Resource Planning – Methods, Self-Sufficiency

  • Gail Tomblin-Murphy, Dalhousie University
    ~ Nursing and the Healthcare Production Function: A Critical Link to Meaningful Health Human Resources Planning
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  • Michelle Tellez, University of California San Francisco
    ~ An Integrated Model of Nurse Labor Participation in Acute Care Settings
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  • Manikandan Ellangovin, Gono Bishwabidyalay (People's University)
    ~ Linking Physiotherapy with Rural Health Care in Bangladesh: An Experiment
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Moderator:  Brenda Myers, World Confederation for Physical Therapy

Theme III. Ethical Hiring Practices: A Dialogue Between Nations and Health Worker Professions

V. Current Practices in Recruitment

  • Karen Hart, Bernard Hodes Group
    ~ Ethical International Nurse Recruitment:  The People Equation
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  • Professor James Buchan, Queen Margaret University College
    ~ The UK and the World of International Recruitment of Nurses
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  • Dr. Barbara Nichols, Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools
    ~ Treaties Do Not Just End Conflict: Trade Agreements Promote Health
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  • Nokuzola Dantile, Africa Regional Representative World Confederation for Physical Therapists
    ~ Countries in the Sub Saharan Africa have been Disadvantaged by the Aggressive Recruitment of Overseas Workers, Specifically Physical Therapists
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  • Sheila Murray, HealthConnections International
    ~ Methods of Recruitment for the Health Care Professional
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Moderator:  Professor James Buchan, Queen Margaret University College

VI. Strategies for Successful Integration of Migrant Health Professionals

  • Professor Maria Eliza Ruiz, University of the Philippines Manila
    ~ International Migration of Health Workers:  Issues and Policy Approaches
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  • Fleur Kitsell, Severn and Wessex Deanery
    ~ Formal Post-Graduate Training Programmes for Future Consultant Practitioners
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  • Dr. Muriel Shore, Felician College
    ~ A Collaborative Approach to Offering a Precepted Clinical Nursing Residency Experience for Senior Level BSN Undergraduate Nursing Students
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  • Mina Kini, Texas Health Resources
    ~ Growing Our Own Nurses - A Collaborative Model for Nursing Education Impacting the Nurse Workforce Shortage
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Moderator:  Pascal Zurn, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
5:30-7:00PM Break

7:00PM

 Opening Night Reception