Tackling staff shortage with strong collaboration (3/3)

The World Health Organization emphasizes the importance of access to quality healthcare for all citizens, but in low- and middle-income countries, staffing shortages in radiology and radiotherapy persist due to inadequate training and development programs.

In this episode, you’ll hear about potential solutions to this problem, including collaboration to facilitate, expand, and improve training coupled with innovations in health technologies.

Ven Virah, Global Contingent Staffing Expert, Workforce Solutions at Siemens Healthineers, is joined by Jeannette Parkes, a clinical director at Access to Care Cape Town and Head of the division of Clinical and Radiation Oncology at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town, as well as Barry Asin, President at Staffing Industry Analysts in Mountain View, California, and Dr. Katja Beitat, Head of Health Tech at Cicada Innovations and Director of Technology and Innovation at Radiology Across Borders in Sydney.

00:00 Tackling staff shortage with collaboration
01:25 Introduction
02:46 The global staffing crisis
06:37 Flexible environments
11:04 Tech solutions
13:39 Collaborative education across borders
18:25 Conclusion