Shortage and maldistribution of healthcare workers are the main problems of some countries in Asia. Demographic changes, epidemiologic shifts, redistribution of disability burden, and inability of educational systems to train adequate number of physicians differently affect each country of the region. The main goal of the group is to identify these differences and map them by country origin.

Aims:

To describe main trends of medical workforce migration in Kyrgyzstan and neighboring regions
To identify main “push” and “pull” factors for medical sub populations
To inform main stakeholders about research results
To present possible solutions for current problems

Research group leader: Kasiev Naken MD, PhD
Principal investigators: Vishniakov Dmitry MD, PhD, MPH,  Abdrasulova Fatima, MEcon

Kasiev N.K., Vishniakov D.V. Medical students’ migration intentions: risk factor and challenge for the healthcare system in Kyrgyzstan. Health Risk Analysis. 2024; 1: 128–140. https://10.21668/health.risk/2024.1.13.eng

The round table: “The analysis of the physician workforce and problems of retaining young physicians in the KR healthcare system”

Bishkek, April 27, 2023

The group served as the main coordinator of a roundtable discussion at the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic, where they presented the findings of the assessment “The Problems of the Physician Workforce in KR.” The event was attended by members of the Kyrgyz Parliament, the Vice Minister of Health, rectors of major medical schools, and members of the Ministry of Health's joint working group.

Vilnius, May 11-12, 2023
The group members attended the International Conference “Business and Management 2023” in Vilnius, where they presented the study “Health Workforce Assessment Using an Operational Research Approach.”

Vishniakov D., Kasiev N., Abdrasulova F., Healthcare system efficiency and its drivers in pre- and COVID-19 pandemic settings. Business, Management, and Economics Engineering. 2023; 21(2): 293-310. https://doi.org/10.3846/bmee.2023.20409

The results of ongoing research were presented:

Bishkek, December 13, 2019

The group presented preliminary results of study “Migration preferences of medical students in Kyrgyzstan” in a regional meeting that was devoted to problems and prospective of medical education in Central Asia. The round table was attended by President of the World Federation of Medical  Education (WFME), Professor David Gordon, Vice Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, Minister of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic and Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic, representatives of medical educational institutions of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, as well as the heads of independent accreditation agencies in the region.