Business English Lesson – Advanced Level's archive Workforce Planning Methodology 1. Mertz, Joshua and Grumbach's study of the oral health workforce involved an extensive literature and legislative review, as well as interviews with 20 key freeholders policyholders shareholders stakeholders 2. The literature review exposed the main theoretical concepts behind workforce planning and was used to assess current DHPSA policy in the of the policy's legislative history. content context intent subtext 3. The study provides a synthesis of the alternative personnel planning methodologies (supply-based, demand-based and needs-based), and examines data availability to these methods. invent invest supplant support 4. The practical application of these methods is found primarily in the DHPSA and National Health Service Corps (NHSC) programs, the primary governmental efforts to in oral health personnel planning. enact engage enlist enquire 5. The study details the legislative history and institutional development of the current DHPSA criteria and compares the performance of the policy against its expressed goal to identify areas of need. unaware unknown unmet unsought 6. The legislative directive for monitoring and addressing oral health workforce issues has evolved over the past 60 years from focusing on defining 'manpower shortages' to an emphasis on measuring inbreeding outpatients overkill underservice 7. However, the programs developed in to legislation have not evolved to reflect this change. reaction reply response retort 8. While a variety of methodologies for measuring shortages exist, there are little data currently available upon which to base a new method. altered alternate alternating alternative 9. Dental health personnel planning is a process to determine appropriate numbers, types and distribution of providers needed to achieve certain health goals and is rooted with the social to use limited resources appropriately. imperative implication importance impression 10. This study suggests the need for a revision of oral health care workforce monitoring and planning methods and a of assessment efforts and programmatic responses. realignment reassignment reconfinement reconsignment . Business English Lesson – Advanced Level's archive Workforce Planning Methodology 1. Mertz, Joshua and Grumbach's study of. stakeholders 2. The literature review exposed the main theoretical concepts behind workforce planning and was used to assess current DHPSA policy in the of the policy's legislative history content context intent subtext 3. The study provides a synthesis of the alternative personnel planning methodologies (supply-based, demand-based and needs-based), and examines data availability