The health services researcher of 2020: a summit to assess the field's workforce needs.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To summarize the current state of the health services research (HSR) workforce and recommend ways to improve the field's ability to respond to future challenges facing the health system.

Data

Summaries of workgroup discussions and recommendations at a stakeholder meeting.

Study design

In late 2007, 50 educators, students, employers, and funders of HSR participated in a meeting to discuss findings of three commissioned papers on the HSR workforce. The group undertook a consultative process to develop recommendations for the field.

Principal findings

Stakeholders developed recommendations in five major areas focused on HSR workforce needs: (1) improving the size and composition of the field; (2) understanding the growth of HSR in the private sector; (3)

SUBMITTER: Pittman P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2796323 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature