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From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) 
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Research Report: 
The Ethical Recruitment of Internationally Educated Health Professionals:
Lessons from Abroad and Options for Canada 

Tom McIntosh, Renée Torgerson and Nathan Klassen. 
Canadian Policy Research Networks CPRN Research Report H|11. January 2007. 43 pp.

Available online at: http://www.cprn.org/en/doc.cfm?doc=1611 

A new report by CPRN calls for provincial governments to take a closer look at the way they hire doctors, nurses and other health professionals from developing countries.  Canada has always relied on newcomers to help deal with shortages in this field, but increasingly these professionals are coming from developing countries, especially from Africa and Asia, which have staffing shortages and critical health problems of their own. 

The report, The Ethical Recruitment of Internationally Educated Health Professionals:  Lessons from Abroad and Options for Canada, looks at how other countries are handling the issue, examines the views of key players and outlines some first steps for Canada's provinces to begin the process of developing a code of practice or series of guidelines.

Contents

Executive Summary 
I. Introduction 

II. A Framework for Ethical Recruitment 

Guiding Principles 

Defining Ethical Recruitment 

Compliance, Monitoring and Evaluation 

III. Policy Options and Choices 

General Principles 

Scope of the Policy Response 

Active versus Passive Recruitment 

Incentives and Sanctions for Compliance 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

IV. Conclusions 

 

Appendix I. The Current State of IEHPs in the Canadian Health Care System 

Appendix II. A Note on Methodology

 

 
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