Exploring health workforce regulation practices and gaps in Ethiopia: a national cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health workforce regulation plays key roles in ensuring the availability of competent health workers and improving performance of the health system. In 2010, Ethiopia established a national authority aiming to ensure competence and ethics of health professionals. Subsequently, subnational regulators were established and regulatory frameworks were developed. Although there were anecdotal reports of implementation gaps, there was lack of empirical evidence to corroborate the reports. We conducted a national study to explore health professional regulation practices and gaps focusing on registration, licensing, ethics, scope of practice, and continuing professional development.

Methods

We conducted a mixed methods cross-sectional survey using structured interview with

SUBMITTER: Dejene D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6905006 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature