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Events highlighting the continued complexity of managing health professionals in remote regions reinforce the importance of effective localised management practices.
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Despite the challenges there are serious implications for not improving and localising management practices; therefore, change is inevitable.
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For HRM policies to be effective, they must be localised, provide for patient care, and be flexible enough to promote safety in the complexity of geographically remote contexts.
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The remote manager’s journey necessitates continued skill development and collective wisdom from real life experiences.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Lawrence Peter ‘Yogi’ Berra, Professional Athlete, Manager.
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A ‘halfway meet’ is where two health professionals drive towards each other, and meet at a point approximately halfway between the two health centres. This is usually done to share the burden of travel in an emergency situation, so that the patient can get to medical assistance as soon as possible.
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Onnis, La. (2019). Practice Is Everything. In: HRM and Remote Health Workforce Sustainability. Management for Professionals. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2059-0_9
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