Human resource development in rural health care facilities.
In this paper, human resource development problems facing rural health care facilities are identified and it is recognised that, particularly in the face of escalating demands for training arising from environmental pressures such as implementation of the structural efficiency principle, a coordinated approach to meet these problems is desirable. Such coordination is often sought via a regional staff development service. Accordingly, using the organisational life cycle as a conceptual framework, staff development services in five NSW health regions are examined. Ranging from a cafeteria style to a results-orientation, a diversity of strategic approaches to staff development is reflected.
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School of Nursing and Health Administration, Charles Sturt University-Mitchell, Bathurst, NSW.
D005843:Geography; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009517:New South Wales; D012040:Regional Health Planning; D013192:Staff Development / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000078329:Workforce