Assignment:
Globalization of Healthcare Professionals:
1. In addition to language barriers, what challenges/obstacles are faced by refugee health care professionals? List and describe at least two. Use your current articles to answer this question.
2. What is the WHO and what initiatives and policy assistance have they provided to support migration of healthcare workers?
3. Summarize the four issues faced by managers, as provided in your textbook, with the movement of IMGs and INGs into the U.S. healthcare system.
4. What impact does the international migration trends of nurses and physicians have on the U.S. health care system?
5. What are the potential implications to a health care organization if IMGs and INGs are not properly oriented to their roles in the U.S. health care system?
Readings:
1. GLOBALIZATION AND THE HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE
By Leah E. Masselink
2. Labour Market Integration of Refugee Health Professionals in Germany: Challenges and Strategies
By Sidra Khan-Gokkaya and Mike Mosko
3. Global Nurse Migration Paathways
By Lena Gahwi and Savannah Guilbeault