Health workforce reform: dynamic shifts in the division of labour and the implications for interprofessional education and practice
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Health workforce reform: dynamic shifts in the division of labour and the implications for interprofessional education and practice |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 2797 |
Book Title | Sociology of interprofessional health care practice: critical reflections and conctrete solutions |
Authors | Boyce, Rosalie A. (Author), Borthwick, Alan (Author), Moran, Monica (Author) and Nancarrow, Susan (Author) |
Editors | Kitto, Simon, Chesters, Janice, Thistlethwaite, Jill and Reeves, Scott |
Page Range | 185-205 |
Series | Health Care Issues, Costs and Access |
Number of Pages | 21 |
Year | 2011 |
Publisher | Nova Science Publishers |
Place of Publication | Hauppauge, NY. USA |
ISBN | 9781608768660 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=28619 |
Abstract | Reform of the healthcare workforce has become a central component of Government health policy initiatives across many of the Anglophone nations in recent years (Willis, 1983; Nancarrow and Borthwick, 2005; Allsop, 2006; Coburn, 2006). Innovative steps to ensure a healthcare workforce that is 'fit for purpose' are necessary to successfully address a looming crisis in healthcare provision (Boyce, 2008; Cameron and Masterson, 2003; Sibbald, Shen et al., 2004). In this chapter we explore health workforce reform from the perspective of the sociology of the professions and the inherent difficulties that the jurisdictional, boundary and competitive positions that underpin the notion of profession posits for implementing authentic interprofessional education and practice. By examining key features of the international workforce reform agenda together with the motivations of professions that are revealed from a sociological analysis, we show that the division of labour in healthcare is in a state of intense and dynamic change. These changes create a new challenge for interprofessional education and practice through an increased complexity of the health workforce arising from shifting boundaries, new roles and new types of workers. |
Keywords | health workforce; interprofessional education; change management; workplace reform; health policy |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440706. Health policy |
420306. Health care administration | |
390110. Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy | |
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Byline Affiliations | Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health |
University of Southampton, United Kingdom | |
University of Queensland | |
Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0y9y/health-workforce-reform-dynamic-shifts-in-the-division-of-labour-and-the-implications-for-interprofessional-education-and-practice
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