[afro-nets] Recruitment of Educated Health Professionals

[Claudio Schuftan <claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn>]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <EQUIDAD@LISTSERV.PAHO.ORG>

The Ethical Recruitment of Internationally Educated Health
Professionals
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Research Report:
The Ethical Recruitment of Internationally Educated Health
Professionals: Lessons from Abroad and Options for Canada

Tom McIntosh, Renée Torgerson and Nathan Klassen
Canadian Policy Research Networks CPRN Research Report H|11.
January 2007. 43 pp.

Available online at: http://www.cprn.org/en/doc.cfm?doc=1611

A new report by CPRN calls for provincial governments to take a
closer look at the way they hire doctors, nurses and other
health professionals from developing countries. Canada has
always relied on newcomers to help deal with shortages in this
field, but increasingly these professionals are coming from
developing countries, especially from Africa and Asia, which
have staffing shortages and critical health problems of their
own.

The report, The Ethical Recruitment of Internationally Educated
Health Professionals: Lessons from Abroad and Options for
Canada, looks at how other countries are handling the issue,
examines the views of key players and outlines some first steps
for Canada's provinces to begin the process of developing a code
of practice or series of guidelines.

Contents

Executive Summary
I. Introduction

II. A Framework for Ethical Recruitment
Guiding Principles
Defining Ethical Recruitment
Compliance, Monitoring and Evaluation

III. Policy Options and Choices
General Principles
Scope of the Policy Response
Active versus Passive Recruitment
Incentives and Sanctions for Compliance
Monitoring and Evaluation

IV. Conclusions
Appendix I. The Current State of IEHPs in the Canadian Health
Care System
Appendix II. A Note on Methodology