2025
Strengthening the US Health Workforce to End the HIV Epidemic: Lessons Learned From 11 EHE Jurisdictions
Marotta P, Humphries D, Escudero D, Katz D, Rosen J, Hill S, Glick J, Li D, Elopre L, Ghadimi F, Beidas R, Bauermeister J, Bonett S, Cameron D, Nelson L, Rajabiun S, Hearld L, Kermani M, Stoltman S, Payne D, Ibitayo T, Alam F, Williams A, Ott C, Kay E, Chrestman S, Batey S, Smith L, Lanzi R, Musgrove K, Malagon M, Bailey-Webb J, Momplaisir F, Gross R, Gross G, Kaser T, Brown T, Carter C, Mugavero M, Valeriano T, Shaw S, Wagner A, Atiba B, Brewer R. Strengthening the US Health Workforce to End the HIV Epidemic: Lessons Learned From 11 EHE Jurisdictions. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2025, 98: e181-e191. PMID: 40163070, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003625.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImplementation of HIV preventionHIV preventionHealth workforceWorkforce developmentHIV epidemicTreatment servicesHealth workforce developmentCommunity-engaged researchCommunity engagement strategiesStrengthening organizational supportNational Institutes of HealthImplementation scienceInstitutes of HealthStigma mitigationSemistructured questionnaireDynamic trainingEngagement strategiesPrevent turnoverExpert recommendationsTreatment programsSupervision structuresChange frameworkHIVNational InstituteOrganizational support
2024
Research utilization competency development in the health workforce pipeline: Design and formative evaluation of learning objectives for health professions students
Yini Karway O, Wleh J, Kpatakolee Y, Sieka J, Candy N, Talbert-Slagle K, Dahn B, Harmon-Gray W, Skrip L. Research utilization competency development in the health workforce pipeline: Design and formative evaluation of learning objectives for health professions students. Health Research Policy And Systems 2024, 22: 158. PMID: 39623382, PMCID: PMC11610060, DOI: 10.1186/s12961-024-01238-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth professions schoolsResearch utilizationWorkforce pipelineApplication of research evidenceHealth sectorResearch evidenceSchool of Public HealthMiddle-income country contextsGroup discussionsMethodsFocus group discussionsHealth professions studentsCollege of Health SciencesFocus group participantsFormative evaluationFocus group discussionsLife-saving interventionsProfessions studentsHealth policyGroup participantsTime commitmentHealthHealth SciencesPublic healthPharmacy schoolsCompetency areasBalancing act: the complex role of artificial intelligence in addressing burnout and healthcare workforce dynamics
Pavuluri S, Sangal R, Sather J, Taylor R. Balancing act: the complex role of artificial intelligence in addressing burnout and healthcare workforce dynamics. BMJ Health & Care Informatics 2024, 31: e101120. PMID: 39181545, PMCID: PMC11344516, DOI: 10.1136/bmjhci-2024-101120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of patient careSustainability of health systemsComplexity of medical informationArtificial intelligenceWorkforce attritionHealth systemClinical skillsPatient careSense of purposeHealthcare workersHealthcareMedical informationWorkforce dynamicsMedical practiceProfessional attributesDigital scribeData management systemCognitive burdenBurnoutAdvanced data management systemsAI technologyAI potentialAutomated billingSignificant riskCaregiversPolicy strategies for capacity building and scale up of the workforce for comprehensive cancer care: a systematic review
Trapani D, Murthy S, Hammad N, Casolino R, Moreira D, Roitberg F, Blay J, Curigliano G, Ilbawi A. Policy strategies for capacity building and scale up of the workforce for comprehensive cancer care: a systematic review. ESMO Open 2024, 9: 102946. PMID: 38507895, PMCID: PMC10966170, DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2024.102946.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCapacity BuildingComprehensive Health CareDelivery of Health CareHealth PolicyHealth WorkforceHumansMedical OncologyNeoplasmsConceptsComprehensive cancer careCancer careSystematic reviewHealth systemCapacity buildingCancer care providersCapacity of health systemsDigital health interventionsWorkforce capacity buildingMiddle-income countriesHigh-income countriesResource-constrained settingsCancer workforceHealth workforceOncology providersCare providersWorkforce interventionsUnderserved areasHealth interventionsWorkforce strategiesCompetent workforceCareIncreased workloadData extractionWorkforce
2023
Funding Research on Health Workforce Well-being to Optimize the Work Environment
Melnick E, Sinsky C, Shanafelt T. Funding Research on Health Workforce Well-being to Optimize the Work Environment. JAMA 2023, 329: 1145-1146. PMID: 36821127, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.2073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIlluminating the path towards inclusivity: strategies to improve workforce diversity in neonatal-perinatal medicine
Boyd C, Myers P, Gray M, Johnston L. Illuminating the path towards inclusivity: strategies to improve workforce diversity in neonatal-perinatal medicine. Journal Of Perinatology 2023, 43: 415-416. PMID: 36624305, DOI: 10.1038/s41372-023-01599-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal-perinatal medicine
2022
The Stress and Resilience Town Hall: A systems response to support the health workforce during COVID-19 and beyond
Tebes JK, Awad MN, Connors EH, Fineberg SK, Gordon DM, Jordan A, Kravitz R, Li L, Ponce AN, Prabhu M, Rubman S, Silva MA, Steinfeld M, Tate DC, Xu K, Krystal JH. The Stress and Resilience Town Hall: A systems response to support the health workforce during COVID-19 and beyond. General Hospital Psychiatry 2022, 77: 80-87. PMID: 35569322, PMCID: PMC9033303, DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2022.04.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBurnout, ProfessionalCOVID-19Health PersonnelHealth WorkforceHumansPandemicsResilience, PsychologicalConceptsHealthcare workersHealth systemHealth workforceCOVID-19 pandemicHealth workforce needsMean attendancePost-traumatic stressCOVID-19Traumatic stressorsTypes of stressorsSustainable interventionsRigorous qualitative methodsInterventionPandemicSpecific stressorsStressorsWorkforce needsHospitalWorkers
2021
Health Management Workforce Capacity-Building in Liberia, post-Ebola
Talbert-Slagle K, Koomson F, Candy N, Donato S, Whitney J, Plyler C, Allen N, Mourgkos G, Marsh RH, Kerr L, Wong R, Fallah M, Dahn B. Health Management Workforce Capacity-Building in Liberia, post-Ebola. Annals Of Global Health 2021, 87: 100. PMID: 34707980, PMCID: PMC8499719, DOI: 10.5334/aogh.3250.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCapacity BuildingGovernment ProgramsHealth WorkforceHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaHumansLiberiaConceptsHealth management programNational Public Health InstitutePurpose health workforceHealth care providersPublic Health InstituteWorkforce capacity buildingMinistry of HealthHealth sectorHealthcare workersCare providersLiberian MinistryHealth InstituteHealth system leadershipUniversity of LiberiaHealth workforceLarge hospitalsHealth managersSpecific managementManagement programProgram launchHealthStrategy 1Ebola crisisHealth managementLeadership competenciesIn Search of Workforce Diversity? A Program’s Successful Approach
Llado-Farrulla M, Fosnot J, Couto J, Chang B, Broach RB, Rios-Diaz A, Fowler JA, Aarons CB, Serletti JM, Butler PD. In Search of Workforce Diversity? A Program’s Successful Approach. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2021, 147: 1229-1233. PMID: 33890911, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000007881.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReconstructive surgery residency programsSurgery residency programsResidency programsHealth care disparitiesNational averageRetrospective reviewPlastic surgery residentsCare disparitiesMultifactorial naturePlastic surgery traineesPlastic surgery residency programsSurgery residentsSurgery traineesAlaskan NativesMedicine residentsOngoing disparitiesCurrent national averageProgram residentsUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhysiciansHeterogeneous populationMedicineResidentsRecruitment effortsOphthalmology Departments Remain Among the Least Diverse Clinical Departments at United States Medical Schools
Fairless EA, Nwanyanwu KH, Forster SH, Teng CC. Ophthalmology Departments Remain Among the Least Diverse Clinical Departments at United States Medical Schools. Ophthalmology 2021, 128: 1129-1134. PMID: 33440211, PMCID: PMC8328189, DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2021.01.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDigital training for non-specialist health workers to deliver a brief psychological treatment for depression in India: Protocol for a three-arm randomized controlled trial
Naslund JA, Tugnawat D, Anand A, Cooper Z, Dimidjian S, Fairburn CG, Hollon SD, Joshi U, Khan A, Lu C, Mitchell LM, Muke S, Nadkarni A, Ramaswamy R, Restivo JL, Shrivastava R, Singh A, Singla DR, Spiegelman D, Bhan A, Patel V. Digital training for non-specialist health workers to deliver a brief psychological treatment for depression in India: Protocol for a three-arm randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2021, 102: 106267. PMID: 33421650, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDepressionHealth PersonnelHealth WorkforceHumansIndiaPrimary Health CareRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeConceptsEvidence-based psychological treatmentsHealthy Activity ProgramNon-specialist health workersPsychological treatmentMental health knowledgeDigital trainingBrief psychological treatmentFace training programFace trainingTraining programChange of competenceJob satisfactionManualized psychotherapyConventional faceWorker motivationHealth worker motivationCompetency measuresCoaching supportTrainingDepressionActivity programPrimary careOutcome variablesHealth workersThree-armUrology Residency Training in Medically Underserved Areas Through the Integration of a Federally Qualified Health Center Rotation
Javier-DesLoges JF, Segal D, Khan A, Abello A, Motamedinia P, Hittelman AB, Rosoff J, Stroup R, Leapman MS. Urology Residency Training in Medically Underserved Areas Through the Integration of a Federally Qualified Health Center Rotation. Urology 2021, 149: 52-57. PMID: 33421443, DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2020.11.057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth professional shortage areasMedically Underserved AreasUnderserved areasUrology residency trainingResidency trainingMajority of residentsQualified health centersRetrospective reviewUnique patientsUrologic carePatient visitsHealth centersFavorable satisfactionPatientsFQHCsShortage areasCommunity-based organizationsUrology residentsExposureResidentsCystoscopySurgeryReviewClinicMajority
2020
Who provides what care? An analysis of clinical focus among the national emergency care workforce
Gettel CJ, Canavan ME, D'Onofrio G, Carr BG, Venkatesh AK. Who provides what care? An analysis of clinical focus among the national emergency care workforce. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 42: 228-232. PMID: 33298349, PMCID: PMC8005412, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.11.069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Service, HospitalFee-for-Service PlansHealth WorkforceHumansMedicarePhysiciansUnited StatesConceptsAdvanced practice providersEmergency care workforceMedicare feeClinical focusEM physiciansED cliniciansED settingPublic Use FileService beneficiariesMedicare Public Use FilesCare workforceImproved patient outcomesCross-sectional analysisUnique cliniciansPrimary outcomePatient outcomesCare EvaluationClinician expertisePractice providersEmergency careIndividual cliniciansClinical settingPractice settingsCliniciansPhysiciansSub-Saharan Africa Tackles COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities.
Mezue K, Edwards P, Nsofor I, Goha A, Anya I, Madu K, Baugh D, Nunura F, Gaulton G, Madu E. Sub-Saharan Africa Tackles COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities. Ethnicity & Disease 2020, 30: 693-694. PMID: 32989369, PMCID: PMC7518544, DOI: 10.18865/ed.30.4.693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImpact of healthcare worker shift scheduling on workforce preservation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Kluger DM, Aizenbud Y, Jaffe A, Parisi F, Aizenbud L, Minsky-Fenick E, Kluger JM, Farhadian S, Kluger HM, Kluger Y. Impact of healthcare worker shift scheduling on workforce preservation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2020, 41: 1443-1445. PMID: 32684183, PMCID: PMC7403749, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.337.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn Evaluation of the Vulnerable Physician Workforce in the USA During the Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic
Khera R, Dhingra LS, Jain S, Krumholz HM. An Evaluation of the Vulnerable Physician Workforce in the USA During the Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2020, 35: 3114-3116. PMID: 32495101, PMCID: PMC7269617, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-05854-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational Trends in the United States Eye Care Workforce from 1995 to 2017
Feng PW, Ahluwalia A, Feng H, Adelman RA. National Trends in the United States Eye Care Workforce from 1995 to 2017. American Journal Of Ophthalmology 2020, 218: 128-135. PMID: 32445703, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.05.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEye care workforceOphthalmologist densityYears of ageRural countiesEye care providersArea Health Resource FileCare workforceCross-sectional studyHealth care infrastructureRatio of ophthalmologistsMAIN OUTCOMECare providersMean annual increaseOphthalmologistsNumber of providersOptometristsCare infrastructureHealth insuranceResource FileYoung ophthalmologistsNational trendsCounty characteristicsGreater proportionAgeMetropolitan countiesPrehospital Triage of Acute Stroke Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Goyal M, Ospel JM, Southerland AM, Wira C, Amin-Hanjani S, Fraser JF, Panagos P, Committees O. Prehospital Triage of Acute Stroke Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Stroke 2020, 51: 2263-2267. PMID: 32401680, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.030340.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAsymptomatic DiseasesBetacoronavirusCanadaCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Delayed DiagnosisEmergency Medical ServicesEquipment ContaminationHealth WorkforceHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalInfectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-PatientOccupational DiseasesPandemicsPneumonia, ViralProtective DevicesResource AllocationSARS-CoV-2StrokeSymptom AssessmentTime-to-TreatmentTransportation of PatientsTravelTriageUnconsciousnessWorkflowConceptsPatient triageAcute stroke patientsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicEmergency medical services (EMS) providersDisease 2019 pandemicInfectious exposureStroke patientsPrehospital triageMedical service providersStatement paperPatientsTimely transferTriageCOVID-19COVID-19 pandemicHealthcare emergencyPandemic
2019
Trends and factors affecting the US adult hematology workforce: a mixed methods study
Sharma D, Wallace N, Levinsohn EA, Marshall AL, Kayoumi K, Madero J, Homer M, Reynolds R, Hafler J, Podoltsev NA, Lee AI. Trends and factors affecting the US adult hematology workforce: a mixed methods study. Blood Advances 2019, 3: 3550-3561. PMID: 31738829, PMCID: PMC6880914, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019000307.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHematology/oncology fellowsBenign hematologyOncology fellowsASH annual meetingClinical care modelsMixed-methods studyMajority of fellowsAdult hematologistsSeparate focus groupsCare modelClinical careMethods studyFellowship program directorsFocus group participantsHematologyMore fellowsFellowship trainingSingle training programOncologyGroup participantsLongitudinal studyAmerican SocietyNational studyOncology facultyFocus group discussionsBurden and Outcomes of Neonatal Surgery in Uganda: Results of a Five-Year Prospective Study
Ullrich SJ, Kakembo N, Grabski DF, Cheung M, Kisa P, Nabukenya M, Tumukunde J, Fitzgerald TN, Langer M, Situma M, Sekabira J, Ozgediz D. Burden and Outcomes of Neonatal Surgery in Uganda: Results of a Five-Year Prospective Study. Journal Of Surgical Research 2019, 246: 93-99. PMID: 31562991, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.08.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCost of IllnessCost-Benefit AnalysisFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Services Needs and DemandHealth WorkforceHospital MortalityHospitals, PediatricHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, Newborn, DiseasesMaleProspective StudiesQuality-Adjusted Life YearsSurgical Procedures, OperativeSurvival RateUgandaConceptsDisability-adjusted life yearsNeonatal surgeryUnmet needLife yearsFive-year prospective studyNeonatal surgical conditionsNeonatal surgical admissionsHealth care systemPotential additional benefitNeonatal admissionsPostoperative mortalitySurgical admissionsSurgical coverageImproved survivalMedian ageMiddle-income countriesOverall mortalityProspective studySurgical interventionAnorectal malformationsSurgical conditionsCongenital anomaliesHigh-income countriesPediatric anesthesiologistsSurgical care
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