Novelty in the sphere of health human resources in Sri Lanka

A success story is reported on converting a manual recruitment scheme to a fully automated online scheme by the Human Resources (HR) Coordinating Division of the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Department of Examinations, Ministry of Education, and the University of Moratuwa. This collaboration has successfully validated the educational qualifications of the applicants online and the procedures have been simplified for the applicants to complete the application within five minutes. The E manual published with details and prospects of courses on offer has greatly enhanced the intelligent course selection. This innovation has been internationally acclaimed and it had helped the Ministry of Health to address the shortage of nursing, professions supplementary to medicine, and paramedical categories in a positive manner.