Preservice Education

Assessment of Preservice Education eLearning Courses Using the QStream Platform

September 2015 by Heather Ross and Kate Gilroy
application/pdf iconAssessment of Preservice Education eLearning Courses Using the QStream Platform

This report assesses two eLearning courses developed by CapacityPlus that are offered through QStream, a learning platform that uses a spaced, repeated question-and-answer format that has been shown to improve the retention of knowledge over time. The Private Sector Participation in Preservice Health Education course provides an overview of factors bearing on the success of private sector involvement in educating health workers. It explores the similarities between public and private institutions; challenges for private schools; and business models in use by private preservice education institutions. It was developed for learners who are engaged in leading private preservice education institutions in low- and middle-income countries. 
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TAGS: eLearning, Financing, Human Resources for Health, Preservice Education, Private Sector

Dean's Dashboard

September 2015 by CapacityPlus
Dean's Dashboard Software, Manual, User Support, and Case Studies

The Dean’s Dashboard is a free, computerized, open source tool that helps the leaders of educational institutions manage their schools more efficiently. The dashboard allows school leaders to systematically define strategic, indicator-based goals for their educational programs and routinely monitor progress toward achieving them. Charts and graphs created and monitored on the dashboard can be easily saved, shared, and integrated into presentations, brochures, websites, and other key management materials. A school’s management team can download and customize the standard dashboard linked to this page, or build their own customized dashboard using the most recent version of the powerful DHIS2 software. The step-by-step user’s manual and DHIS2 expert community provide guidance and support to install, customize, and maximize the use of the dashboard for data-driven decision making.

TAGS: Data, Open Source, Preservice Education, School Management

Contributions to the Medical Education Partnership Initiative

August 2015 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconContributions to the Medical Education Partnership Initiative

Overview of CapacityPlus's support to build the capacity of MEPI-supported schools in three technical areas: graduate tracking, eLearning, and community-based education (CBE).

TAGS: Community-Based Education, eLearning, Graduate Tracking, Preservice Education

Peer Review of the Community-Based Medical Education Program at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences

August 2015 by Desireé Michaels and Ian Couper, on behalf of the peer review team
application/pdf iconPeer Review of the Community-Based Medical Education Program at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences

In collaboration with the PEPFAR Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Community-Based Education (CBE) Technical Working Group and the MEPI Coordinating Center, CapacityPlus organized and conducted a peer review of the CBE program of the University of Zimbabwe College of Heath Sciences (UZCHS). The review was based on a validated methodology developed by the Collaboration for Health Equity through Education and Research (CHEER), which was formed in 2003 in South Africa to examine strategies that would increase the production of health professional graduates who choose to practice in rural and underserved areas of South Africa. The review served two purposes: 1) to provide a practical training experience in the CHEER peer review process for representatives from four MEPI-supported schools; and 2) to explore the strengths and weaknesses of the UZCHS field attachment program with respect to how well students are being prepared to serve in rural and underserved areas in Zimbabwe.

TAGS: Community-Based Education, MEPI, Preservice Education, Zimbabwe

Compendium of Approaches and Tools for Expanding High-Quality Health Workforce Education and Training

August 2015 by Rebecca Bailey, Heather Ross, and Kate Tulenko
application/pdf iconCompendium of Approaches and Tools for Expanding High-Quality Health Workforce Education and Training

This compendium categorizes and describes approaches and tools that national stakeholders can use to address common challenges in expanding high-quality education and training. It lists sources of globally-recognized, evidence-based guidelines and recommendations for scaling up and transforming health professional education. It then suggests resources to support the implementation of those recommendations, categorized in relation to the health workforce production pipeline framework.

TAGS: Health Workforce, In-Service Training, Preservice Education, Production

Gender Discrimination and Health Workforce Development: An Advocacy Tool

September 2015 by CapacityPlus
Gender Discrimination and Health Workforce Development: An Advocacy Tool

Health professional education systems play a pivotal role in developing competent, motivated health workers who are vital to the delivery of high-quality family planning, maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, and other essential health services. This online tool outlines recommended combinations of gender transformative interventions to counter various forms of gender discrimination in learning environments, and provides advocacy strategies for stakeholders to develop plans to create, implement, and enforce conducive environments, equal opportunity, and nondiscrimination policies. The tool draws from a technical report and technical brief published by CapacityPlus on strengthening the health worker pipeline through gender transformative strategies.
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TAGS: Advocacy, Education and Training, Gender, Health Workers, Preservice Education

Strengthening School Management: A Guide for Optimizing the Use of Health Workforce Education Resources

July 2015 by Rebecca Bailey, Richard Seifman, Heather Ross, and Kate Tulenko
application/pdf iconA Guide for Optimizing the Use of Health Workforce Education Resources

Education and training institutions around the globe are struggling to meet the increasing demand for more high-quality health workers. A more business-like approach to operating and managing these institutions would allow schools to produce greater numbers of competent and qualified graduates within budget. This guide includes self-assessment against predefined management standards or good practices, followed by prioritization, goal-setting, planning, implementation, and monitoring of progress. The guide.also provides useful tools to support each step. Learn more about the guide and access tools.
 

TAGS: Education and Training, Health Workers, Preservice Education, School Management

Health Workforce Education: Investing in the Next Generation of Health Workers

April 2015 by CapacityPlus and SHOPS
application/pdf iconWebinar presentation
Webinar recording

On April 14, 2015, CapacityPlus and SHOPS presented a webinar on innovative investment options for health workforce education and training. Over 40 participants joined in the session, which offered presentations and question-and-answer sessions with participants engaging both the speakers and each other. Access a recording of the webinar and view presentation slides. Read more »

TAGS: Bottlenecks and Best Buys, Education, Financing, Health Workers, Health Workforce Development, Preservice Education, Private Sector, Training, Webinar

Report of Training Needs Assessment for Community Health Workers in South-South Geopolitical Region of Nigeria

September 2014 by Shiono Bennibor, Samuel Ngobua, Rebecca Bailey, Ananaba Alozie, Joseph Eton, and Amanda Puckett
application/pdf iconReport of Training Needs Assessment for Community Health Workers

One of the recommendations from a 2013 CapacityPlus assessment of PEPFAR-funded in-service training in Nigeria was to ensure broader access to new developments in knowledge and technology, as well as sustainability of training, by integrating the in-service training contents into preservice education curricula and continuing professional development programs. This assessment explored community health extension worker and community health officer perceptions of globally-accepted competency domains for public health practitioners across the areas of importance, and confidence in their ability to demonstrate those competencies. To corroborate findings at the domain level, the assessment also assessed these health workers at the individual skill/ability levels, which are mapped to the competency domain areas. Need scores were calculated for each competency domain and individual skill/ability levels. A need score ranking placed the need for computer and information technology access and skills as the top priority among health workers who participated in the study. Financial planning and management and public health science skills ranked a close second and third. Read more »

TAGS: Assessment, Community Health Workers, Competencies, Continuing Professional Development, Health Workers, In-Service Training, Nigeria, Preservice Education

The Medical Education Partnership Initiative: Report of the Graduate Tracking Software Review and Implementation Workshop

September 2014 by Rachel Deussom, Michael Drane, Rebecca Bailey, and Sinit Mehtsun
MEPI: Report of the Graduate Tracking Software Review and Implementation Workshop

In collaboration with the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Physician Tracking Technical Working Group, CapacityPlus and the MEPI Coordinating Center conducted a Graduate Tracking Software Review and Implementation Workshop in Moshi, Tanzania, July 8–11, 2014. Participants reviewed the beta version of the graduate tracking software and provided additional feedback to finalize its functional requirements, data elements, forms, reports, and other features. Each MEPI-supported school representative developed a draft 100-day strategic action plan for his/her institution with three common outcome objectives: 1) build/achieve consensus from key stakeholders on how to apply the software; 2) define needs for adapting, deploying, and maintaining the software; and 3) deploy the software.

TAGS: Graduate Tracking, Health Workers, MEPI, Preservice Education, Software, Training
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