Oral health workforce planning Part 1 : data available in a sample of FDI member countries

Abstract

Standardised and reliable methodologies are needed to gather information for successful workforce planning. It is of utmost importance to increase the awareness and understanding of the member National Dental Associations regarding the role, basic elements, benefits, challenges, models and critical elements of an ideal workforce planning system.

A satisfação profissional de cirurgiões-dentistas da atenção básica em um município no sul do Brasil com diretrizes municipais de saúde bucal

“…Em um estudo transversal, desenvolvido em duas partes 15,16 , foram coletados dados acerca da força de trabalho de países desenvolvidos e subdesenvolvidos membros da World Dental Federation. Foi observado que as condições de trabalho, a educação continuada, as diretrizes que orientam o serviço e as preferências pessoais estão entre os principais fatores que afetam a prática odontológica 16 , resultados semelhantes aos encontrados no presente trabalho.…”

“…Foi observado que as condições de trabalho, a educação continuada, as diretrizes que orientam o serviço e as preferências pessoais estão entre os principais fatores que afetam a prática odontológica 16 , resultados semelhantes aos encontrados no presente trabalho. Ainda, estudos sugerem que o aumento da conscientização e da participação em associações referentes à categoria é de extrema importância na luta por benefícios e superação de desafios da prática profissional 15 . Logo, isso pode compor um meio para ampliar a satisfação do cirurgião-dentista.…”

Perception of Nepalese dental hygiene and dentistry students towards the dental hygienists profession

“…Funding along with a change in government policy is needed, to integrate the oral health services within primary care . All types of oral health‐care professionals should be considered in the planning of oral health services to provide specific high‐quality care to address the issues . Creative solutions are necessary to deliver education, both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, in such areas that ensure expensively trained staff are retained in the areas of need .…”

Exploratory scoping of the literature on factors that influence oral health workforce planning and management in developing countries

“…The risk is that LDCs or DCs are now using their limited resources to ‘produce’ practitioners who will have expectations of operating at the high‐technology end of clinical care or to migrate to richer countries, thus increasing the shortage in all areas of health care and/or increasing health inequities. Epidemiological data, information about population oral health needs, service utilization, career intentions and (migration) plans of oral health practitioners are often limited .…”

“…With regard to the dental professions themselves, it appears that National Dental Associations have been unable to collect the necessary data to inform appropriate oral health workforce planning for their countries, due to inaction of their professional bodies . Governments of DCs or LDCs nevertheless make projections about the oral workforce and use limited evidence of domestic oral health needs.…”