The Failure to Retain (F2R) Project 2014
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F2R Project Summary
The Failure to Retain (F2R) Project explored the emigration of health professionals (doctors and nurses/midwives) from Ireland. In 2014, the project surveyed 388 emigrant health professionals to ascertain;
The F2R Project is a collaborative project between researchers in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and the School of Nursing and Human Sciences in Dublin City University (DCU). This project is funded by an RCSI Seed Funding Award 2014.
While the emigration of health professionals has been highly publicised in the Irish media in recent years, a detailed understanding of health professional emigration is lacking. A better understanding of health professional emigration is essential for proper health human resources management and workforce planning.
The F2R Project aims to address this research gap.
F2R Project Update 2015
The F2R survey ran in 2014. Thanks to all who helped with the project and participated in the survey!
The team are currently working on publications and presentations from the project, which will be posted on this website as they become available.
The F2R Research Team
For further information on the F2R Project, contact any member of our research team;
Dr. Niamh Humphries (Principle Investigator on the F2R Project)
Prof. Ruairí Brugha
Prof. Anne Matthews
Dr. Sara McAleese
The Failure to Retain (F2R) Project explored the emigration of health professionals (doctors and nurses/midwives) from Ireland. In 2014, the project surveyed 388 emigrant health professionals to ascertain;
- The factors influencing the decision to emigrate
- The key destination countries of emigrant health professionals
- The future plans of emigrant health professionals
- Any strategies that might encourage emigrant health professionals to return to practice in Ireland
The F2R Project is a collaborative project between researchers in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and the School of Nursing and Human Sciences in Dublin City University (DCU). This project is funded by an RCSI Seed Funding Award 2014.
While the emigration of health professionals has been highly publicised in the Irish media in recent years, a detailed understanding of health professional emigration is lacking. A better understanding of health professional emigration is essential for proper health human resources management and workforce planning.
The F2R Project aims to address this research gap.
F2R Project Update 2015
The F2R survey ran in 2014. Thanks to all who helped with the project and participated in the survey!
The team are currently working on publications and presentations from the project, which will be posted on this website as they become available.
The F2R Research Team
For further information on the F2R Project, contact any member of our research team;
Dr. Niamh Humphries (Principle Investigator on the F2R Project)
Prof. Ruairí Brugha
Prof. Anne Matthews
Dr. Sara McAleese