Seccombe I, Stock J
Institute of Manpower Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton.
Health Trends. 1994;26(2):53-6.
The United Kingdom Health Departments have recently encouraged increased intakes to degree-level training courses leading to a dual qualification in prosthetics/orthotics. Surveys of qualified orthotists and prosthetists and of their employers were undertaken to examine the dynamics of this labour market, and a model was used to project potential requirements for newly qualified orthotists and prosthetists. The model indicates that: current policy on student numbers is broadly appropriate for maintaining the present working population; any expansion in service provision would require significant growth in student places; and even a small decline in demand could shortly lead to an over-supply of such specialist services.
英国卫生部最近鼓励增加攻读假肢/矫形器双资格学位水平培训课程的人数。对合格的矫形师和假肢师及其雇主进行了调查，以研究这个劳动力市场的动态，并使用一个模型来预测对新合格的矫形师和假肢师的潜在需求。该模型表明：目前关于学生人数的政策大致适合维持目前的从业人数；服务提供的任何扩大都将需要学生名额的大幅增加；即使需求略有下降，也可能很快导致此类专业服务供应过剩。
