Co-developing an integrated primary care workforce planning approach at a regional level: overarching framework and guiding principles

Human Resources for Health

Sarah Simkin¹  Caroline Chamberland-Rowe¹  Ivy Lynn Bourgeault¹ 

[1] University of Ottawa and Canadian Health Workforce Network, Ottawa, Canada;

关键词: Integrated health workforce planning;    Primary care;    Regional planning;    Multi-professional;    Population health needs;    Conceptual framework;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12960-021-00578-z

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Health workforce planning provides a crucial evidence-base for decision-makers in the development and deployment of a fit-for-purpose workforce. Although less common, health workforce planning at the regional level helps to ground planning in the unique realities of local health systems. This commentary provides an overview of the process by which an integrated primary healthcare workforce planning toolkit was co-developed by university-based researchers with the Canadian Health Workforce Network and partners within a major urban regional health authority. The co-development process was guided by a conceptual framework emphasizing the key principles of sound health workforce planning: that it (1) be informed by evidence both quantitative and qualitative in nature; (2) be driven by population health needs and achieve population, worker and system outcomes; (3) recognize that deployment is geographically based and interprofessionally bound within a complex adaptive system; and (4) be embedded in a cyclical process of aligning evolving population health needs and workforce capacity.

【 授权许可】

CC BY