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Task Shifting in Dermatology [PDF]

JAMA Dermatology, 2017
Can task shifting be used to improve the delivery of dermatologic care in resource-poor settings worldwide?Task shifting is a means of redistributing available resources, whereby highly trained individuals train an available workforce to provide necessary care in low-resource settings.
Danielle N, Brown, Sinéad M, Langan, Esther E, Freeman   +2 more
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Task Shifting in Dual-Task Settings

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2002
When a participant is asked to perform two tasks in alternation, their mean reaction times were slower than when they performed the same tasks repeatedly. This “shift cost” has been hypothesized to reflect the time course of a single central executive that exerts control over thought and actions in task shifting.
Shulan Hsieh
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Economics of Task-Shifting in Surgery: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Due to the global shortage in the surgical workforce, especially in low‐resource settings, one solution to increase surgical volume is to delegate certain roles of surgeons to other trained non‐surgeon health workers.
Oko CI, Ali B, Monahan M, Aborode AT, Okon J, Ayomoh F, Ugwu C, Ekwebene O, Oza S, Ibe A, Ifeanyichi M, Wei CR, Akilimali A.   +12 more
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Surgical task shifting in Sub-Saharan Africa.

PLoS Medicine, 2009
Kathryn Chu and colleagues discuss some of the experiences of surgical task shifting to date, and outline lessons from task shifting in the delivery of HIV/AIDS care.
Kathryn Chu, Peter Rosseel, Pierre Gielis, Nathan Ford   +3 more
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It’s not the task, it’s the shifting: Exploring physicians’ and leaders’ perspectives on task shifting in emergency departments in Norway [PDF]

BMC Nursing
Background Task shifting is an approach where specific tasks are transferred, when convenient, from health workers with high qualifications to health workers with less training and lower qualifications.
Elin Saga, H. Ösp Egilsdottir, Pia C. Bing-Jonsson, Espen Lindholm, Kirsti Skovdahl   +4 more
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Evaluating task shifting to the clinical technologist in Dutch healthcare: A mixed methods study.

PLoS ONE, 2023
BackgroundExpected rise in the demand for healthcare and a dropping supply of healthcare professionals, has generated an increased interest in the most effective deployment of healthcare professionals.
Maarten de Haan, Yvonne van Eijk-Hustings, Monique Bessems-Beks, Daisy De Bruijn-Geraets, Carmen Dirksen, Hubertus Vrijhoef   +5 more
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Antifungal Stewardship Task Shifting Required of Pharmacists

Medical Mycology Journal, 2022
Similar to antimicrobial stewardship, the concept of antifungal stewardship (AFS) has also received attention. AFS outcomes include reduced healthcare costs, avoidance of adverse events, and increased implementation of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM).
Ebihara, Fumiya, Maruyama, Takumi, Kikuchi, Ken, Kimura, Toshimi, Hamada, Yukihiro   +4 more
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The reality of task shifting in medicines management - a case study from Tanzania [PDF]

, 2015
Tanzania suffers a severe shortage of pharmaceutical staff. This negatively affects the provision of pharmaceutical services and access to medicines, particularly in rural areas.
Mapunjo, Siana, Wiedenmayer, Karin A., Charles, James, Chilunda, Fiona, Kapologwe, Ntuli   +4 more
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Policy and programmatic implications of task shifting in Uganda: a case study

BMC Health Services Research, 2012
Background Uganda has a severe health worker shortage and a high demand for health care services. This study aimed to assess the policy and programmatic implications of task shifting in Uganda. Methods This was a qualitative, descriptive study through 34
Dambisya Yoswa M, Matinhure Sheillah
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Perspectives of health workers engaging in task shifting to deliver health care in low-and-middle-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis

Global Health Action, 2023
Background Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are experiencing growing demand for healthcare services yet face a persistent shortage in access to specialist health workers (SHWs).
Karen Coales, Hannah Jennings, Saima Afaq, Aatik Arsh, Mujeeb Bhatti, Faraz Siddiqui, Najma Siddiqi   +6 more
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