Optimising healthcare workforce training and deployment: qualitative experiences from stakeholders in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the experiences of different stakeholders on the balance of package training and deployment of highly skilled Human Resources for Health for specialised services in Tanzania.

Design

An exploratory qualitative case study was used as part of a larger tracer study conducted by Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) for its postgraduate programmes being a requirement for quality assurance. Semi-structured interview guides were used for in-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs). Qualitative content analysis was adopted to analyse the data.

Setting

The trace study was carried out in all seven geopolitical zones of the Tanzania mainland and Unguja in Zanzibar.

Participants

We conducted 14 FGDs and 301 IDIs.

SUBMITTER: Nyongole OV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12636871 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature