As per our Communication Plan the Scottish Group have undertaken a range of activities designed to promote and inform others of the work of the MiW programme throughout the last few months. We have begun to use targeted information sessions within suitable conferences, meetings etc to inform others within our key audience groups of the […]
Author: Sofia Berggren
Positive Energy in R&R
The municipalities Odda, Årdal and Meloy in Norway have received new energy through the project Recruit & Retain – Making it Work (R&R). Physician coverage is firmly on the agenda, both administration, politicians and professionals are committed, and they learn from other municipalities as well. Networking provides help to stay focused so that own small […]
Movie from Science week in Burra
A part of the swedish RR-team participated at the science week in Burra, where the Recruit and Retain – Making it Work project was on the agenda. Watch the movie:
Burra Science Week
The Recruit and Retain crew from Sweden recently participated in Burra Science Week. Burra is a small town 150 km north of Adelaide, and at the Science Week we had the pleasure to meet researchers from Australia, New Zeeland and Canada. Our researcher Simon Näverlo talked about virtual healthrooms, and Peter Berggren had a session […]
What are the objectives of the project for Akureyri Hospital?
Akureyri Hospital has an action plan in place which focuses on improving medical staffing. The aim is to add seven permanent medical specialists by the end of 2017 and another 10 by the end of 2021. Our ways in order to reach the goals include the following: Periodic promotional activities for medical students in the […]
National NPA meeting in Iceland
During 15. – 16. November 2016 representatives from 14 NPA projects in Iceland had a meeting in Borgarfjörður with the aim to get together, introduce their projects and gain insight into other NPA participation in Iceland. The Making it Work project was presented by Hildigunnur Svavarsdottir, project manager for this project where she introduced achievements […]
Movie from meeting in Norway
Recruitment cooperation between hospital and community
In Akureyri, Iceland, Recruit and Retain – Making it Work has provided a new opportunity to enhance the cooperation between the hospital and the community when it comes to recruiting people. Recently this model was tried when an interested doctor, together with his family, had an informal meeting with personnel from the municipality. The purpose of […]
Photos from meeting in Tromsø
First steering committee for Canada’s Arctic “Making it Work” project
The first steering committee meeting of Canada’s MIW Project Steering committee was held this week, and included delegates from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (www.nosm.ca), the Government of Nunavut (www.gov.nu.ca), Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (www.tunngavik.com), and Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre (www.qhrc.ca) In Canada, the “Making it Work” project will be led by the Northern Ontario […]
