Preservice

Transforming Health Professional Preservice Education to Meet National Needs

david — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:45:07 +0000

Author's name:

Rebecca Bailey, Kate Tulenko, Heather Ross, Rachel Deussom, and Kate Gilroy

September 2015 (All day)

CapacityPlus supported more than 50 health professional schools in 12 African countries to strengthen health workforce education and school management, contributing to over 9,000 new health workers and building the capacity of these schools to continue scaling up production of graduates and improving the efficiency and quality of their programs.

Identifying Approaches and Tools for Evaluating Community-Based Medical Education Programmes in Africa

david — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:03:55 +0000

Author's name:

A Dreyer, I Couper, R Bailey, Z Talib, H Ross, A S Sagay

May 2015 (All day)

African Journal of Health Professions Education

The PEPFAR-funded Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) aims to support
medical education and research in sub-Saharan African institutions. The intention is to increase the quantity, quality, and retention of graduates with specific skills addressing the health needs of their populations. While many MEPI programs include elements of community-based education (CBE), such as community placements, clinical rotations in underserved locations, community medicine, or primary health care, the challenge identified by MEPI-supported schools was the need for appropriate approaches and tools to evaluate these activities. This article, co-authored by Rebecca Bailey and Heather Ross of CapacityPlus, outlines the process of identifying tools that, with modification, could assist in the evaluation of CBE programs in participating MEPI schools.

Gender Equality and Health Workforce Development Advocacy Tool

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 14:19:04 +0000

Author's name:

CapacityPlus

December 2014 (All day)

This forthcoming online tool focuses on aspects of gender discrimination in health workforce development specifically related to preservice education, such as issues affecting health professional students and faculty. If you would like us to contact you when we publish this tool, please let us know.

CHEER: An Approach to Community-Based Education Evaluation

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 15:54:20 +0000

Author's name:

Ian Couper

August 2014 (All day)

CHEER: An Approach to CBE Evaluation

This presentation was given at the Community-Based Education Technical Working Group Session during the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Annual Symposium in Maputo, Mozambique.

Sustaining the eLearning Enterprise

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 15:50:51 +0000

Author's name:

David Potenziani

August 2014 (All day)

Sustaining the eLearning Enterprise

This presentation was given on August 7, 2014, at the eLearning Technical Working Group Session during the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Annual Symposium in Maputo, Mozambique.

MEPI Connect – “Uganisha”: Graduate Tracking Software developed by the MEPI Technical Working Group for Graduate Tracking

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 15:24:39 +0000

Author's name:

Michael Drane

August 2014 (All day)

MEPI Connect – “Uganisha”

This presentation was given on August 7, 2014, at the Physician Tracking Technical Working Group Session during the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Annual Symposium in Maputo, Mozambique.

The Dean’s Dashboard: Strengthening School Management through Information and Informed Decision-Making

Sarah Dwyer — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:32:15 +0000

Author's name:

David Potenziani, Jehu Iputo, Rebecca Bailey, Carl Leitner, Heather Ross, and Jørn Braa

November 2014 (All day)

The Dean’s Dashboard

Health workforce educational institutions are struggling to meet the increasing demand for health workers capable of providing quality health services to expanding populations. More effective and efficient management of education and training institutions can play a major role in a country’s ability to scale up its production of competent and qualified health workers. Presented at the GETHealth Summit in Dublin, Ireland (November 13–14, 2014), this poster describes findings from a pilot of the Dean’s Dashboard at three schools in Africa. When aligned with a school’s strategic planning efforts, the Dean’s Dashboard offers the potential for regular reports on progress toward strategic goals as well as management information in a form that is easily accessible to institutional leaders. As an open source application, it is an affordable tool for information management and presentation.

Transforming and Scaling Up Health Workforce Education and Training for Health Equity

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:01:26 +0000

Author's name:

CapacityPlus

March 2014 (All day)

CapacityPlus hosted a knowledge-sharing and dissemination event at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on March 18. The three-hour program 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. Read the related news and access videos and presentations:

WHO Recommendations for Transforming and Scaling Up Health Workforce Education, and for Retaining Health Workers in Rural and Remote Areas

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:00:51 +0000

Author's name:

Erica Wheeler

March 2014 (All day)

WHO Recommendations for Transforming and Scaling Up Health Workforce Education, and for Retaining Health Workers in Rural and Remote Areas

This presentation was given at the CapacityPlus knowledge-sharing and dissemination event, Transforming and Scaling Up Health Workforce Education and Training for Health Equity, held on March 18, 2014, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

Overview of CapacityPlus’s Approaches and Tools for Scaling Up and Transforming Health Workforce Education

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:00:04 +0000

Overview of CapacityPlus’s Approaches and Tools for Scaling Up and Transforming Health Workforce Education

Author's name:

Rebecca Bailey

March 2014 (All day)

Overview of CapacityPlus’s Approaches and Tools for Scaling Up and Transforming Health Workforce Education