TY - JOUR AU - Tran, Diem AU - Hall, Linda McGillis AU - Davis, Aileen AU - Landry, Michel D. AU - Burnett, Dawn AU - Berg, Katherine AU - Jaglal, Susan PY - 2008 DA - 2008/12/09 TI - Identification of recruitment and retention strategies for rehabilitation professionals in Ontario, Canada: results from expert panels JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 249 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - Demand for rehabilitation services is expected to increase due to factors such as an aging population, workforce pressures, rise in chronic and complex multi-system disorders, advances in technology, and changes in interprofessional health service delivery models. However, health human resource (HHR) strategies for Canadian rehabilitation professionals are lagging behind other professional groups such as physicians and nurses. The objectives of this study were: 1) to identify recruitment and retention strategies of rehabilitation professionals including occupational therapists, physical therapists and speech language pathologists from the literature; and 2) to investigate both the importance and feasibility of the identified strategies using expert panels amongst HHR and education experts. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-249 DO - 10.1186/1472-6963-8-249 ID - Tran2008 ER -