This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates what international placements of healthcare employees in low resource settings add to the UK workforce and the efficacy of its national health system. The authors present empirical data collected from a volunteer deployment project in Uganda focused on reducing maternal and new-born mortality and discuss the learning and experiential outcomes for UK health care professionals acting as long term volunteers in low resource settings. They also develop a model for structured placement that offers optimal learning and experiential outcomes and minimizes risk, while shedding new light on the role that international placements play as part of continuing professional development both in the UK and in other sending countries.

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Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2017

ISBN

9783319483665

Topic

Política y relaciones internacionales

Subtopic

Política comparada

Cover
Frontmatter
1. International Mobility and Learning in the UK National Health Service
2. Internationalisation and Placement Activity in the UK National Health Service
3. What Do Health Workers Learn on International Placements?
4. Managing Costs and Risks
5. Conclusions: Towards a Model for Sustainable Professional Volunteering
Backmatter