[EQ] Educating Health Workers: A Statistical Portrait

Educating Health Workers: A Statistical Portrait

2000 to 2004

 

Mary K. Allen, Rita Ceolin, Sylvie Ouellette, Johanne Plante and Chantal Vaillancourt

Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Division - Ottawa, Canada - August 2007

 

Available online as PDF [431p.] at: http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/81-595-MIE/81-595-MIE2007049.pdf

 

“….There has been much talk recently about looming shortages in Canada’s supply of individuals working in health occupations. In Canada and internationally, a great deal of work is being done to monitor and to understand the degree to which the supply of workers in health occupations is meeting (and will meet) the health needs of the population. A common theme throughout this work is the need for new and improved information for monitoring health human resources to assist in planning for future requirements.

…as part of the work coordinated through the Advisory Committee on Health Delivery and Human Resources (ACHDHR), Health Canada contracted the Centre for Education Statistics at Statistics Canada to study the relationship between education and training and the supply of entrants into health occupations….

 

“…..this report reveals some important information about what happens before, during and after health education. It focuses on interest in health occupations, the characteristics of students and faculty in postsecondary health programs, the labour market experiences of recent graduates from these programs, as well as the ongoing participation of health workers in formal and informal training.

“….The first sections of the analysis present information related to what happens before entry into health education programs, which encompass questions related

to interest in health occupations. Questions on recognition of foreign credentials by educational institutions are also addressed in this section.

This is followed by information on the period “during” health education, which covers questions about educators teaching in health education programs

and characteristics of students enrolled in such programs.

The final sections of the report encompass information about the period immediately following graduation. They include basic information on the characteristics of graduates from health education programs and detailed information on their transitions into the labour market, including work activity, earnings and pursuit of additional education. The second part of this section encompasses information on the supply of continuing education in workplaces and participation of adults in such training….”

 

Table of contents

Executive summary

1. Introduction

2. Interest in health occupations

3. Prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR) of foreign credentials

4. Full-time faculty in university health education programs

5. Students in university health education programs

6. Graduates from health education programs

7. Activities after graduation

    7.1 Pursuit of additional education (including graduate studies) after completion of a health education program

    7.2 Labour market outcomes of graduates from health education programs

8. Supply of continuing education in workplaces

9. Participation in continuing education

10. Summary and concluding remarks
References

 

 

 

 

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