Healthcare, Frugal Innovation, and Professional Voluntarism A Cost-Benefit Analysis /

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates what international placements of healthcare employees in low resource settings add to the UK workforce and the efficacy of the its national health system. The authors present empirical data collected from a volunteer deployme...

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Main Authors: Ackers, Helen Louise (Author), Ackers-Johnson, James (Author), Chatwin, John (Author), Tyler, Natasha (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
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Summary:This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates what international placements of healthcare employees in low resource settings add to the UK workforce and the efficacy of the its national health system. The authors present empirical data collected from a volunteer deployment project in Uganda focused on reducing maternal and new-born mortality and discuss the learning and experiential outcomes for UK health care professionals acting as long term volunteers in low resource settings. They also develop a model for structured placement that offers optimal learning and experiential outcomes and minimizes risk, while shedding new light on the role that international placements play as part of continuing professional development both in the UK and in other sending countries.
Physical Description:XI, 141 p. 8 illus., 7 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783319483665
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-48366-5
Access:Open Access