Author : Helen Louise Ackers
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319483668
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)
Book Synopsis Healthcare, Frugal Innovation, and Professional Voluntarism by : Helen Louise Ackers
Download or read book Healthcare, Frugal Innovation, and Professional Voluntarism written by Helen Louise Ackers and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates what international placements of healthcare employees in low resource settings add to the UK workforce and the efficacy of its national health system. The authors present empirical data collected from a volunteer deployment project in Uganda focused on reducing maternal and new-born mortality and discuss the learning and experiential outcomes for UK health care professionals acting as long term volunteers in low resource settings. They also develop a model for structured placement that offers optimal learning and experiential outcomes and minimizes risk, while shedding new light on the role that international placements play as part of continuing professional development both in the UK and in other sending countries.