Open AccessRetention and Migration of Rwandan Anesthesiologists: A Qualitative Study
Author(s) -
Teresa Skelton,
Alain Irakoze,
M. Dylan Bould,
Antoine Przybylak-Brouillard,
Théogène Twagirumugabe,
Patricia Livingston
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000004794
Subject(s) - medicine , thematic analysis , qualitative research , salary , nursing , health care , medical education , family medicine , social science , sociology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Health care professional migration continues to challenge countries where the lack of surgical and anesthesia specialists results in being unable to address the global burden of surgical disease in their populations. Medical migration is particularly damaging to health care systems that are just beginning to scale up capacity building of human resources for health. Anesthesiologists are scarce in low-resource settings. Defining reasons why anesthesiologists leave their country of training through in-depth interviews may provide guidance to policy makers and academic organizations on how to retain valuable health professionals.