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Imperatives in medical education and training in response to demands for a sustainable workforce
Author(s) -
Dowton S Bruce
Publication year - 2005
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.1326-5377.2005.tb00046.x
Subject(s) - workforce , flexibility (engineering) , training (meteorology) , workforce planning , medical education , curriculum , professional development , aging in the american workforce , workforce development , business , medicine , psychology , pedagogy , management , economic growth , economics , physics , meteorology
Factors to be considered in planning our medical workforce to meet future needs include: Need for outcomes‐based curricular designs in medical schools and postgraduate training. Shortening the length of medical training. Improving career flexibility to permit professional reinvention. Developing awareness within the profession about how innovation happens.