Assessing the relationship between nursing process competency and work environment among clinical nurses: a cross-sectional correlational study by Reza Nemati-Vakilabad, Ehsan Kamalifar, Mobina Jamshidinia, Alireza Mirzaei

“…To foster a thriving nursing workforce and enhance patient care outcomes, healthcare institutions should implement systems to acknowledge nurses’ contributions and encourage open communication that fosters a sense of belonging and value among staff. …”
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Comparing the Fiscal Consequences of Controlled and Uncontrolled Osteoarthritis Pain Applying a UK Public Economic Perspective by Rui Martins, Nikos Kotsopoulos, Melodi Kosaner Kließ, Craig Beck, Lucy Abraham, Samuel Large, Patricia Schepman, Mark P. Connolly

“…**Conclusions:** For governments, maintaining an active workforce is paramount to maintaining economic growth and reducing spending on government programs. …”
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Effectiveness of the Human Resource Planning in Higher Institutions of Learning: A Case Study of Bishop Barham University College. by Kyasimire, Chrismary

“…However, it was found that rapid changes in technology harden the process of adopting a business environment, financial constraints to execute plans, lack of experts and incapability of the present staff, workforce diversity, and poor policies failed to attract and retain the best talents are challenges which influence human resource planning at Bishop Barham University College. …”
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Analyzing the Effectiveness of Performance Appraisal Systems in Improving Employee Motivation: A Case Study of Kihanga Mparo SACCO in Rukiga District. by Barigye, Augustine

“…By setting clear goals, providing constructive feedback, recognizing achievements, and ensuring fairness, these systems contribute significantly to a motivated and engaged workforce. However, addressing the identified challenges and continuously refining the appraisal process will further enhance its effectiveness. …”
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Employee Motivation and Job Performance in the Public Service of Uganda: The Case of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions by Batson, Baguma

“…Because productivity and performance of most organizations depend on how readily available and committed the workforce is, the absence or low level of factors of motivation effects employee’s motivation and hence negatively affects performance.…”
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Evaluation of pathology resources for cervical cancer detection between 2018 and 2022: a retrospective study at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Western Kenya by Nelson Anangwe, Jon Steimgrimson, Susan Cu-Uvin

“…The decline in the personnel-to-patient ratio underscores challenges in diagnosis, emphasizing the need to address workforce and infrastructure gaps to improve patient care within similar low-resource settings.…”
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Reimagining Global Health: Accelerating Change for a Sustainable Future by Melissa Salm, Ala Alwan, Maureen Lichtveld, Patricia J. García, Peter H. Kilmarx, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Rebecca Martin, Tahmeed Ahmed, Judith N. Wasserheit

“…To assure a sustainable global health enterprise, we propose the following three strategic imperatives as guiding principles: a holistic, unified approach grounded in mutual benefit, joint investment, long-term collaborative commitment, and solidarity across low- to middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs); joint priority setting of investments in research, education, practice, and workforce development; and collaborative governance, maximizing a multisectoral approach among local, national, regional, and global strategies. …”
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Regional Medical Campuses in Canada by Aaron Johnston, Amanda Bell, Kristy Penner, Trushar Patel, Grace Perez

“…We found that the environments of proposed RMCs differed somewhat from existing RMCs and included examples of novel organizational constructs, settings with smaller urban population sizes, smaller hospitals, and settings with smaller and decreasing physician workforce. Discussion: The combined model RMC has proven to be a robust construct across Canada, deployed in a wide variety of different settings. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 infection rates and associated risk factors in healthcare workers: systematic review and meta-analysis by Amit Bansal, Mai-Chi Trieu, Emily M. Eriksson, Fan Zhou, Jodie McVernon, Karl Albert Brokstad, Rebecca Jane Cox

“…Abstract To protect healthcare workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, rigorous efforts were made to reduce infection rates among healthcare workers (HCWs), especially prior to vaccine availability. …”
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UK medical students’ mental health and their intention to drop out: a longitudinal study by Asta Medisauskaite, Antonia Rich, Milou Silkens, Neha Lagisetty

“…Objective The attrition of medical students is an incredibly important problem feeding into healthcare workforce issues. This study seeks to explore the relationships between various mental health issues and dropout.Design This is a longitudinal study where medical students completed an online questionnaire between November 2020 and February 2021 and those who took part were invited (February–May 2021) to complete the questionnaire again 3 months later.Settings Students from nine geographically spread medical schools in the UK took part in this study.Participants 792 (71.16%) participants filled in the baseline questionnaire and 407 (51.39%) of these students completed the follow-up survey (385 participants were lost to follow-up).Outcome measures Dropout intentions.Exposures Various mental ill-health symptoms using validated scales: emotional exhaustion, insomnia, somatisation, hazardous drinking, anxiety/depression, anorexia tendencies, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), paranoia and bipolar.Results A large number of students met the criteria for mental health disorders (eg, 54.1% insomnia, 37.9% anxiety/depression, 19.4% paranoia) and 19.4% (79) said that they considered dropping out from medical school. …”
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Laboratory capacity-building during COVID-19 in Somalia: improving access to essential diagnostics for national health security in a fragile setting by Salvador Figuereo, Sahra Isse Mohamed, Desalegn Takele, Abdulrahman M. Sheikh, Solomon Chane Abera, Ayni Muhiadin Mohamed, Mutaawe Lubogo, Hassan Mukhtar Abukar, Mary Joan Karanja, Sulaiman Bangura, Antoine Abou Fayad, Ali Haji Adam, Abdinasir Yusuf Osman, Sk Md Mamunur Rahman Malik

“…Utilizing resources, technology and lessons from COVID-19 enabled the country to increase and improve laboratory services, expand testing capacity, and strengthen workforce capability. As such, Somalia can now better respond to other infectious disease threats and has significantly improved national health security.…”
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Knowledge and attitudes towards Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias among Nigerian medical and nursing students: a comparative study by Tobi Olajide, Favour Ajao, Inioluwa Joshua, Abigail Oyedokun, Ayosubomi Odubiyi, Oluwadabira Adewara, Feziechi Anele, Ayomide Fatola, Samuel Ayeni, Nneka Amakom, Oluwanifemi Osakuade, Oluwabunmi Adeyeye, Chidera Ezeh, Gbenga Shittu, Rashidat Mufutau, Serena Atoyebi, Michael Apata, Sandra Obatowon, Aminat Abdul, Jesufemi Adeyeye, Akin Ojagbemi

“…Targeted educational interventions, including enhanced curriculum content and experiential learning opportunities, are urgently needed to improve dementia care preparedness in the healthcare workforce.…”
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Using the WHO building blocks to examine cross-border public health surveillance in MENA by Laura Buback, Shayanne Martin, Esbeydy Pardo, Farah Massoud, Jesus Formigo, Atousa Bonyani, Noha H. Farag, Zayid K. Almayahi, Kenta Ishii, Susie Welty, Dana Schneider

“…Recommendations emphasize strengthened governance and leadership to facilitate regional cooperation and information sharing, sustainable financing for implementing a One Health approach, utilizing innovative information systems, workforce development to enhance data collection and analysis, and secure supply chains for medicines and vaccines and equitable service delivery for all mobile populations. …”
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Integrating Hybrid Team-Based and Case-Based Learning in Dental Education Transformation by Sidra Abid, Humna Rafiq

“…However, challenges such as resource availability and the need for comprehensive reviews of existing methodologies must be addressed to optimize the implementation of this hybrid pedagogy.7 Conclusively, integrating CBL with team-based learning cultivates a more competent and adaptable dental workforce, better prepared for real-world clinical scenarios. …”
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Assessing the Factors Influencing Attrition of Health Workers in Government Health Units in Lyantonde District, Uganda. by Kansiime, Benon

“…Introduction The shortage of health workers remains a critical public health issue globally despite of national strategic plans enacted in 2014 by world leaders which aimed at handling the shortage of health workforce. This study assessed the factors influencing attrition of health workers in government health units in Lyantonde district, Uganda. …”
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Toward Understanding of Quiet Human Resource Management Theory in Iranian Organizations: Theoretical Origins, Conceptual Narration and its Consequences by Abbas Nargesian, Sajjad Sadpoor

“…These practices often stem from individual factors such as superior employee skills and performance, job-related factors like stress and burnout, and organizational factors including cost-saving measures and workforce restructuring. Quiet HRM tends to emerge under exploitative leadership and a hard HRM approach, particularly in environments characterized by organizational ambiguity, discriminatory cultures, and economic hardship. …”
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Call to Action: Lead Pharmacy into the Next Decade by Kerry K Fierke, Gardner Lepp, Bridget McGugan, Marta Brooks, Gregory Zumach

“…At the same time, our current environment requires attention to new challenges such as a multigenerational workforce and artificial intelligence. Call to Action Through our work as scholars, we can provide evidence-based, pertinent, timely solutions to address these issues, in ways that make it easily transferable to broad audiences. …”
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Planetary health education in undergraduate medical education in Germany: results from structured interviews and an online survey within the national PlanetMedEd Project by Fabio Grieco, Sandra Parisi, Anne Simmenroth, Michael Eichinger, Michael Eichinger, Janina Zirkel, Janina Zirkel, Sarah König, Jana Jünger, Jana Jünger, Eva Geck, Eva-Maria Schwienhorst-Stich

“…To adequately equip the future healthcare workforce, the current barriers to successfully integrating Planetary Health into medical education must be systematically addressed and overcome.…”
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Designing an Innovative Human Resources Model Based on Perceived Organizational Support Case Study of Qazvin's Government organizations by Hossein Rasouli, Morteza Mousakhani, Mahdi Alvani, parham azimi

“…They embody the questioning spirit and proactive nature of a vibrant workforce, which is critical to the organization's continual evolution. …”
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Call to Action: Lead Pharmacy into the Next Decade by Gregory Zumach, Kerry K Fierke, Gardner Lepp, Bridget McGugan, Marta Brooks, Anthony Olson, Andrew Bartlett, Nilushi Karunaratne, Betty Exintaris

“…At the same time, our current environment requires attention to new challenges such as a multigenerational workforce and artificial intelligence. Call to Action Through our work as scholars, we can provide evidence-based, pertinent, timely solutions to address these issues, in ways that make it easily transferable to broad audiences. …”
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