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Originally Posted by Dion
Thanks for the explanation.
Just curious though, is the staffing problem due to budget restraints or simply being unable to hire/train enough staff to do the job?
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It is all linked. SAIT wants to increase its number of students but there are not enough clinical practicum sites for students because the hospitals don't have enough people to train them.
We have a huge number of open positions, some posted indefinitely. There are not enough qualified people and that is another symptom of a bigger problem, we need a government that will spend money on post secondary education. They need to work with SAIT, NAIT, the universities, and the health care system in Alberta to get a higher rate of recruitment in health-related programs.
It is a systemic problem and it needs to be addressed, more than just money it needs consideration, study, and rapid effective action. This government, I am convinced, is not capable of fixing this problem.