Nurses in advanced roles: A review of acceptability in Portugal

Authors: Buchan J, Dussault G, Fronteira I, Lapão L, Temido M
Journal: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23459889

This paper focuses on the policy context for the deployment of nurses in advanced roles, with particular reference to Portugal. The health sector in Portugal, as in all countries, is labour intensive, and the scope to utilise nurses in more advanced roles is currently being debated.
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Nursing workforce policy and the economic crisis: A global overview

Authors: Buchan J, Dussault G, O'May
Publication Year: 2013
Journal: Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23656542

This article draws from international data sources (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD] and World Health Organization), from national data sources (nursing regulatory authorities), and the literature to provide a context in which to examine trends in labor market and health spending indicators, nurse employment, and nurse migration patterns.
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PACES: a National leadership program in support of Primary-Care Reform in Portugal.

Authors: Dussault G, Lapão LV
Journal: Leadership in Health Services
Link: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/17511871111172349

Purpose
– This paper aims to describe the training strategy developed to provide the leadership of a new coordination structure of health centers in Portugal, with managerial competencies adapted to the requirements of their function, in support of primary care reform.
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Realities and professional expectations of medical students attending Guinea Bissau’s medical school in 2007 school year.

Authors: Dussault G, Ferrinho P, Fronteira I, Mercer H, Pereira C, Rodrigues A, Silva AP
Journal: Acta Médica Portuguesa
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=REALITIES+AND+PROFESSIONAL+EXPECTATIOONS+OF+MEDICAL+STUDENTES+ATTENDING+Guinea+Bissau%27s+Medical+School+in+2007+school+year

In Guinea Bissau, the majority of university level professionals are still being trained abroad and most of them do not return to their country. This was a major incentive for creating Guinea Bissau’s Medical School.
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Interview with Professor Gilles Dussault: The challenges facing contemporary health systems, by Eleonor Minho Conill, Ligia Giovanella and Jose-Manuel Freire.

Authors: Conill EM, Dussault G, Freire JM, Giovanella L
Journal: Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
Link: https://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=9&SID=2CbhBUDoSw8ZkFBEQLW&page=1&doc=1

Nurses in advanced roles: A review of acceptability in Portugal

Nursing workforce policy and the economic crisis: A global overview

PACES: a National leadership program in support of Primary-Care Reform in Portugal.

Realities and professional expectations of medical students attending Guinea Bissau’s medical school in 2007 school year.

Interview with Professor Gilles Dussault: The challenges facing contemporary health systems, by Eleonor Minho Conill, Ligia Giovanella and Jose-Manuel Freire.

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