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Designing the health workforce for the 21st century
Author(s) -
Alexander Jennifer A,
Thomson Sue M,
Ramsay John A
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05764.x
Subject(s) - officer , workforce , human services , library science , management , political science , law , computer science , economics
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 5 January 2004 180 1 7-9 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 www.mja.com.au Conference Report ALMOST 200 HEALTH LEADERS from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Canada and Singapore attended the Health Leaders Network’s conference “Designing the health workforce for the 21st century”, held in Melbourne, 2–3 April 2003. The conf rence allowed participants to think afresh about healthcare and its current and future demands, and to explore what type f health workforce, especially clinical, is required to meet the demands of the 21st century. Two key themes ran through the conference — recruiting and retaining the workforce, and the need for changed and new roles to meet changing work requirements.