title: Humanitarian service and recruitment and retention of uniformed services medical personnel.
abstract: A recent voluntary survey of 410 personnel from the U.S. Armed Forces Medical Departments and the Public Health Service indicated that humanitarian service experience has positive effects on recruitment and retention: 48% of respondents indicated that the opportunity to provide humanitarian service was a factor in their decision to join a uniformed service and 62% indicated that humanitarian service opportunities positively influenced their decision to remain in uniform. Humanitarian service requirements were a disincentive to remain in uniform for 25%. Pending further study, these preliminary implications can be applied to personnel policies and programs to recruit and retain uniformed health care professionals.
authors.affiliation: Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-4799, USA.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drifmeyer
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Llewellyn
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tarantino
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D009042:Motivation; D010560:Personnel Selection; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce