The basic model of task shifting in the healthcare sector is shown in figure 2. The healthcare professionals of higher cadre, who are less in number in an organization and expected to donate some of their patient care responsibilities to the available parallel professionals of the same cadre or lower cadre and hence are called Task shift donors. The professionals in the same field but of lower cadre or of belonging to the related area in the same field are called Task shift acceptors. To make task shifting successful, by providing optimum care to the patients, both donor and acceptor should agree and work online in the form of a team in order to survive the patient from the chronic disease. This model will address the shortages of healthcare
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(2) Auditing the organizations' Capability to fulfill demand.
(3) Analysing the actual professionals (Donors) availability & expected demand.
(4) Identify the alternative personnel (Acceptor) as per alternative survival strategy of task shifting.
(5) Studying skills & experiences of Acceptors.
(6) Studying legal consequences of task shifting for those kinds of diseases.
(7) Arranging short time training to the Acceptors to manage & handling the demand.
(8) Educating the patients and their relatives through counselling to accept such strategies.
(9) Actual patient care through alternative strategy.
(10) Studying the advantages, benefits, constraints, and disadvantages of task shifting.
4.6 Other alternative solutions to solve scarcity of medical professionals :
Task shifting is only alternative survival strategy when the number of available actual specialized health professionals is not adequate in a given organization or given country. The other strategies to solve scarcity of medical professionals are :
(1) Develop more qualified medical professionals in the area where there is a high demand in the society. But this is a time consuming process and not useful for immediate …show more content…
The challenges include safety of personnel working in the environment of infectious diseases and organisational policy towards compensation for such incidents.
(9) Organizational objectives and Ethics :
While deciding on task shifting, to enhance the organisational capability in providing mass treatment and the expected reduction in cost, due to the appointment of trained acceptors should not de-morale the organisation to compromise in quality of healthcare services. Task shifting should be used only when there is an emergency or scarcity of specialised doctors. The challenge includes the organisational strategy of providing emergency health services to the needy people instead of encashing the opportunity for making a higher profit.
(10) Maintaining performance and Self-motivation :
The acceptors once identified and trained has to be motivated continuously for their changed job by providing various incentives and appreciation, to be continued as a dedicated acceptor for long period, until the objectives are achieved. Keeping the acceptors motivated with dedication in serving is the major challenge until the patients are
(2) Auditing the organizations' Capability to fulfill demand.
(3) Analysing the actual professionals (Donors) availability & expected demand.
(4) Identify the alternative personnel (Acceptor) as per alternative survival strategy of task shifting.
(5) Studying skills & experiences of Acceptors.
(6) Studying legal consequences of task shifting for those kinds of diseases.
(7) Arranging short time training to the Acceptors to manage & handling the demand.
(8) Educating the patients and their relatives through counselling to accept such strategies.
(9) Actual patient care through alternative strategy.
(10) Studying the advantages, benefits, constraints, and disadvantages of task shifting.
4.6 Other alternative solutions to solve scarcity of medical professionals :
Task shifting is only alternative survival strategy when the number of available actual specialized health professionals is not adequate in a given organization or given country. The other strategies to solve scarcity of medical professionals are :
(1) Develop more qualified medical professionals in the area where there is a high demand in the society. But this is a time consuming process and not useful for immediate …show more content…
The challenges include safety of personnel working in the environment of infectious diseases and organisational policy towards compensation for such incidents.
(9) Organizational objectives and Ethics :
While deciding on task shifting, to enhance the organisational capability in providing mass treatment and the expected reduction in cost, due to the appointment of trained acceptors should not de-morale the organisation to compromise in quality of healthcare services. Task shifting should be used only when there is an emergency or scarcity of specialised doctors. The challenge includes the organisational strategy of providing emergency health services to the needy people instead of encashing the opportunity for making a higher profit.
(10) Maintaining performance and Self-motivation :
The acceptors once identified and trained has to be motivated continuously for their changed job by providing various incentives and appreciation, to be continued as a dedicated acceptor for long period, until the objectives are achieved. Keeping the acceptors motivated with dedication in serving is the major challenge until the patients are