Psychiatrist workforce planning: contexts, considerations and recommendations

2021 ◽  
pp. 103985622110423
Author(s):  
Jeffrey CL Looi ◽  
Tarun Bastiampillai ◽  
Stephen Allison
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Workforce Planning ◽  
Policy Advice ◽  
Planning Model ◽  
Service Demand ◽  
Service Models ◽  
Workforce Shortages

Objective: To provide a clinical update for psychiatrists and trainees on psychiatric workforce-planning in the Australasian context. Conclusions: There is a lack of detailed evidence regarding effective psychiatric workforce planning. Planning may be based on a foundation of psychiatrist-to-population ratios. This would be modified by needs assessment, understanding of service models and existing service demand. Given that it has recently expressed significant concerns about workforce shortages, the RANZCP should lead development of an independent Australasian psychiatric workforce planning model to inform policy advice to governments.

Managing a national radiation oncologist workforce: A workforce planning model

2012 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teri Stuckless ◽  
Michael Milosevic ◽  
Catherine de Metz ◽  
Matthew Parliament ◽  
Brent Tompkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Workforce Planning ◽  
Planning Model ◽  
Radiation Oncologist

Partnerships between Agencies and Transportation Network Companies for Transportation-Disadvantage Populations: Benefits, Problems, and Challenges

2021 ◽  
pp. 036119812110326
Author(s):  
Ruth L. Steiner ◽  
Xueyin Bai ◽  
Ilir Bejleri ◽  
Mengjie Han ◽  
Xiang “Jacob” Yan
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Service Demand ◽  
Human Service Agencies ◽  
Service Models ◽  
Transit Services ◽  
Transit Agencies ◽  
Transportation Network Companies

Transportation network companies (TNCs), such as Uber and Lyft, offer a new mobility option to consumers. An increasing number of transit agencies work with TNCs, and different types of partnerships have formed. While these service models may serve the general population well, their implications for transportation-disadvantage populations, including older adults, individuals with disabilities, and low-income people, have not received enough attention. These populations are highly dependent on public transit services. Additionally, we have limited firsthand knowledge of challenges that hinder transit agencies and related human service agencies from building partnerships with TNCs. Can these agency/TNC partnerships accommodate the needs of transportation-disadvantage populations? This study explores these issues through a literature review and interviews with 16 related organizations in the State of Florida, where transportation-disadvantage populations are served through a coordinated system but the partnerships with TNCs are still limited. The paper first categorizes the existing agency/TNC partnership service models into three types and examines their benefits and problems in serving transportation-disadvantage populations. It then identifies different organizations’ perceptions of TNCs and the challenges for some agencies to work with TNCs. The general challenges include difficulty in estimating service demand, data sharing problems, hidden costs and staff efforts, training and safety issues, and the need of complementary vendors. The challenges specifically in rural areas are a lack of motivation and commitment among TNCs, affordability issues, and TNCs’ adaptation to the rural geography. These challenges in agency/TNC partnerships need to be addressed to serve the public better, including transportation-disadvantage populations.

scholarly journals Non-domestic building stock energy and carbon modelling for policy advice – a user requirements survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 2042 (1) ◽  
pp. 012153
Author(s):  
Julian Bischof ◽  
Aidan Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Potential Model ◽  
Policy Advice ◽  
User Needs ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Energy Models ◽  
Carbon Modelling ◽  
Computational Resources

Abstract In recent years, many building stock models have been developed to advise and guide policymakers. In most models, however, user needs were not formally established. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to formally undertake a user needs‘ assessment for building stock energy and carbon models. To achieve this aim, a bilingual exploratory online user requirements’ survey was developed. The survey was designed to gather information in the following areas: the general interests of the potential model users; their experiences with related studies and models; the desired properties of non-domestic building stock energy models; and any technical limitations, such as computational resources. A total of 19 responses were obtained. Users favour tools which are: usable, transparent; flexible; compatible with other tools; and provide clear, understandable results.

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