Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Specialist training in Fiji: Why do graduates migrate, and why do they remain? A qualitative study | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Research Specialist training in Fiji Why do graduates migrate and why do they remain A qualitative study Kimberly M Oman1 Robert Moulds 2 and Kim Usher3 Open Access Address 1James Cook University School of Medicine and Dentistry Townsville Queensland Australia 2Fiji School of Medicine Suva Fiji and 3James Cook University School of Nursing Midwifery and Nutrition Townsville Queensland Australia Email Kimberly M Oman - Robert Moulds - Kim Usher - Corresponding author Published 12 February 2009 Received 28 May 2008 Human Resources for Health 2009 7 9 doi 1478-4491-7-9 Accepted 12 February 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 9 2009 Oman et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Background Specialist training was established in the late 1990s at the Fiji School of Medicine. Losses of graduates to overseas migration and to the local private sector prompted us to explore the reasons for these losses from the Fiji public workforce. Methods Data were collected on the whereabouts and highest educational attainments of the 66 Fiji doctors who had undertaken specialist training to at least the diploma level between 1997 and 2004. Semistructured interviews focusing on career decisions were carried out with 36 of these doctors who were purposively sampled to include overseas migrants temporary overseas trainees local private practitioners and public sector doctors. Results 120 doctors undertook specialist training to at least the diploma level between 1997 and 2004 66 of the graduates
