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iHRIS Manage: A Tool for Managing the Health Workforce

May 2013 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconiHRIS Manage Overview

An overview of iHRIS Manage, the HR management component of the iHRIS Suite. Using iHRIS Manage, decision-makers at the Ministry of Health, a district health office, or a health care facility can collect, manage, and analyze detailed information about employed health workers and applicants.

TAGS: Health Worker Data, HR Information Systems, HR Management, iHRIS, Planning

Bridges to Health Worker Employment

April 2013 by CapacityPlus
Bridges to Health Worker Employment

Twelve suggestions that health professional schools, ministries of health, employer councils, and others can implement to shorten the time between graduation and employment.

TAGS: Certification, Employment, Licensure, Preservice Education

Spaced Education: An Innovative Learning Methodology to Support Health Workforces

February 2013 by CapacityPlus
Spaced Education Overview

An overview of CapacityPlus's collaboration with QStream.com on eLearning courses that educate health workers on topics that are contextually significant.

TAGS: Continuing Professional Development, Education, eLearning, Training

Innovative Financing for Preservice Education

February 2013 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconInnovative Financing for Preservice Education Overview

A brief summary of some innovative forms of financing for health professional schools to consider. The full version is available as CapacityPlus Technical Brief #8.

TAGS: Financing, Health Workforce Development, Preservice Education, Training

Retaining Health Workers: A Toolkit to Develop Evidence-Based Incentive Packages

January 2013 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconRapid Retention Survey Toolkit Overview

An overview of the Rapid Retention Survey Toolkit: Designing Evidence-Based Incentives for Health Workers, intended to allow human resources managers to determine health workers’ motivational preferences.

TAGS: Discrete Choice Experiment, Incentives, Job Satisfaction, Motivation, Retention

iHRIS Retain: A Tool to Cost Retention Strategies

January 2013 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconiHRIS Retain Overview

An overview of iHRIS Retain, a user-friendly tool to cost retention strategies to be implemented at the district, regional, or national level.

TAGS: Costing, Financing, HR Information Systems, iHRIS, Planning, Retention

Professionalization of Under-Recognized Health Worker Cadres

October 2012 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconProfessionalization of Under-Recognized Cadres Overview

An overview of the Life Cycle Approach, which has been developed to systematically address all the crucial steps in the professionalization of under-recognized health worker cadres.

TAGS: Certification, Continuing Professional Development, Employment, Preservice Education

HRH Global Resource Center eLearning: A Portal for Learning and Training

January 2012 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconGRC eLearning Overview

An overview of the HRH Global Resource’s eLearning program, which offers free courses in human resources for health, health informatics, and health service delivery to build the capacity of country-based users in critical skills development.

TAGS: eLearning, Information, Knowledge-Sharing