Knowledge-Sharing Event Focuses on Transforming Health Worker Education and Training
With the global deficit of qualified health workers already large and increasing, heightened attention is being paid to ensuring that sufficient numbers of competent and qualified health workers are produced and retained where they are most needed. On March 18, CapacityPlus hosted a knowledge-sharing and dissemination event—Transforming and Scaling Up Health Workforce Education and Training for Health Equity—to advance the dialogue on overcoming challenges in health workforce development.
Held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, the event featured presentations on key messages from the 2014 Prince Mahidol Award Conference, which focused on transformative learning for health equity; the World Health Organization’s recommendations for health worker education and retention; and innovative approaches and tools developed by CapacityPlus in collaboration with global and national partners. Two rounds of “knowledge café” sessions provided a chance for participants to discuss specific approaches and tools in small groups.
Watch videos and access presentations from the event
Welcome and opening remarks
Kate Tulenko of IntraHealth International, director of CapacityPlus; and Lois Schaefer, senior technical advisor for human resources for health at USAID, welcome participants and provide context on the issues of health workforce education and training.
Transforming Health Workforce Education and Training for Health Equity: Key Messages from the 2014 Prince Mahidol Award Conference
Related presentation by Estelle Quain, senior technical advisor at USAID
Overview of the WHO Recommendations for Transforming and Scaling Up Health Workforce Education, and for Retaining Health Workers in Rural and Remote Areas
Related presentation by Erica Wheeler, technical officer at the World Health Organization
Overview of CapacityPlus’s Approaches and Tools for Addressing Common Challenges to Scaling Up and Transforming Health Workforce Education and Training
Related presentation by Rebecca Bailey of IntraHealth International, health workforce development team lead for CapacityPlus
Moderated question-and-answer session
Moderated by Ok Pannenborg, co-chair of CapacityPlus’s Global Advisory Board on Strengthening Medical, Nursing, and Public Health Schools in Developing Countries
Knowledge café discussions
The event also featured two rounds of concurrent interactive knowledge café discussions to provide participants with a deeper understanding and hands-on orientation to innovative tools and approaches for addressing key challenges in health workforce education and training.
Round 1
- Improving School Management (Heather Ross and Dave Potenziani, CapacityPlus, and Albert Acquah, Garden City University College School of Nursing, Ghana)
- Financing Health Workforce Education and Training (Akiko Maeda, World Bank, and Ok Pannenborg, CapacityPlus Global Advisory Board)
- Measuring Success through Graduate Tracking (Michael Drane and Alfredo Fort, CapacityPlus)
- Leveraging Partnerships and Networks of Schools—Part 1: The Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI) (Carolyn Hall, Health Resources and Services Administration [HRSA])
Round 2
- Identifying Bottlenecks and Best Buys (Rebecca Bailey, CapacityPlus)
- Increasing Faculty Attraction, Retention, and Development (Bill Burdick, FAIMER)
- Engaging with Private Schools (Ilana Ron, SHOPS, Ok Pannenborg, CapacityPlus Global Advisory Board, and Albert Acquah, Garden City University College School of Nursing)
- Estimating the Cost of Preservice Education (Steve Musau, Abt Associates/CapacityPlus)
- Leveraging Partnerships and Networks of Schools—Part 2: The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) (Zohray Talib, George Washington University, MEPI Coordinating Center)
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