1. Pedro Graça MJ Gregório [email_address] Human resources and practice based strategies for better action

2. “ The problems are systemic : mismatch of competencies to patient and population needs; poor teamwork; narrow technical focus without broader contextual understanding; episodic encounters rather than continuous care; predominant hospital orientation at the expense of primary care; quantitative and qualitative imbalances in the professional labour market; and weak leadership to improve health-system performance…tribalism of the professions - ie, the tendency of the various professions to act in isolation from or even in competition with each other.” The Lancet Commissions (2010) A recent diagnosis of human resources in health care:

4. How can we train and educate our health professionals to deal with this complexity ?

5. (Huynen M et al , , 2005)

6. How can we train and educate other resources (health professionals) to deal with this complexity ?

7. How can we train and educate other resources (health professionals) to deal with this complexity ? How can we train and educate health professionals to deal with this complexity ? How can we make them working together ? +

8. (Frenk J, 2010) A required reform Align education Align accreditation (Frenk J et al , 2010)

9. Nutritionists in Portugal: Same core curriculum (Real H et al , , 2011) Number of pre-graduated students per year in Nutritional Sciences Evolution

12. Continuing education: Same core curriculum

13. (Building the Public Health Workforce for the 21 st Century, A Pan-Canadian Framework for Public Health Human Resources Planning, the Joint Task Group on Public Health Human Resources , 2005) Building a practice based strategies for better action of the public health workforce 2010

14. A required educational reform (Mezirow J, 2000; Frenk J, 2010)

15. Pedro Graça PLATFORM AGAINST OBESITY – DIRECTORATE-GENERAL OF HEALTH, PORTUGAL [email_address]