Preservice Education

Assessment of Preservice Education eLearning Courses Using the QStream Platform

david — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:18:00 +0000

Author's name:

Heather Ross and Kate Gilroy

September 2015 (All day)

Assessment 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.

Dean's Dashboard

david — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:21:24 +0000

Author's name:

CapacityPlus

September 2015 (All day)

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.

Contributions to the Medical Education Partnership Initiative

david — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 19:35:41 +0000

Author's name:

CapacityPlus

August 2015 (All day)

Contributions 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).

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

david — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 19:26:11 +0000

Author's name:

Desireé Michaels and Ian Couper, on behalf of the peer review team

August 2015 (All day)

Peer 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.

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

david — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 19:16:14 +0000

Author's name:

Rebecca Bailey, Heather Ross, and Kate Tulenko

August 2015 (All day)

Compendium 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.

Gender Discrimination and Health Workforce Development: An Advocacy Tool

david — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:26:43 +0000

Author's name:

CapacityPlus

September 2015 (All day)

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.

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

Carol Bales — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 11:02:47 +0000

Author's name:

Rebecca Bailey, Richard Seifman, Heather Ross, and Kate Tulenko

July 2015 (All day)

A 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.

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

Sarah Dwyer — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:29:31 +0000

Author's name:

CapacityPlus and SHOPS

April 2015 (All day)

Webinar 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.

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

Sarah Dwyer — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 18:15:41 +0000

Author's name:

Shiono Bennibor, Samuel Ngobua, Rebecca Bailey, Ananaba Alozie, Joseph Eton, and Amanda Puckett

September 2014 (All day)

Report 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.

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

Sarah Dwyer — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:31:18 +0000

Author's name:

Rachel Deussom, Michael Drane, Rebecca Bailey, and Sinit Mehtsun

September 2014 (All day)

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.

Cost of Preservice Education for Health Workers: Balancing Quantity and Quality

Sarah Dwyer — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:28:48 +0000

Author's name:

Sophie Faye, Rebecca Bailey, Sr. Azeb Admassu, Yemesrach Adamu, Elias Asfaw, Stephen Musau, and Ben Johns

October 2014 (All day)

Cost of Preservice Education for Health Workers

CapacityPlus, Ethiopia’s federal ministries of health and education, and the Nursing Education Partnership Initiative conducted a retrospective cost assessment of the undergraduate nursing and midwifery programs at University of Gondar College of Medicine and Health Sciences and Arbaminch College of Health Sciences. Presented at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town, South Africa, on October 3, 2014, this poster summarizes the study, which used primary source data to estimate the cost of producing nursing and midwifery graduates, identified constraints in infrastructure and materials affecting the quality of education, and showed the financial impact on the cost per graduate of overcoming some of those constraints.

Medical Education Partnership Initiative Compendium of Tools for Evaluating Community-Based Education Programs, and Pre-Workshop Activities Tool

Carol Bales — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:43:19 +0000

Author's name:

CapacityPlus and Medical Education Partnership Initiative

April 2014 (All day)

MEPI Compendium of Tools for Evaluating Community-Based Medical Education Programs

MEPI Community-Based Education Evaluation Workshop: Pre-Workshop Activities

This compendium of tools was disseminated to participants at the Medical Education Partnership Initiative Community-Based Education Evaluation Workshop. Participants used the pre-workshop activities tool to prepare in advance. In collaboration with the MEPI community-based education technical working group, CapacityPlus and the MEPI Coordinating Center conducted the workshop, which was held on April 1–3, 2014, in Kampala, Uganda. The participants represented 11 MEPI-supported institutions and consortiums in seven countries. During the workshop they shared good practices for community-based education evaluation, drafted school-specific program evaluation plans, and strengthened the community-based education community of practice.

Medical Education Partnership Initiative Community-Based Education Evaluation Workshop: Evaluation Plan Template, Logic Model Template, and Matrix of Tools

Carol Bales — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:42:43 +0000

Author's name:

Medical Education Partnership Initiative

April 2014 (All day)

MEPI Community-Based Education Evaluation Workshop: Evaluation Plan Template

MEPI Community-Based Education Evaluation Workshop: Logic Model Template

MEPI Community-Based Education Evaluation Workshop: Matrix of Tools

Participants at the Medical Education Partnership Initiative Community-Based Education Evaluation Workshop used these tools to draft school-specific program evaluation plans, develop a logic model for the plans, and review approaches for evaluating community-based education programs. In collaboration with the MEPI community-based education technical working group, CapacityPlus and the MEPI Coordinating Center conducted the workshop, which was held on April 1–3, 2014, in Kampala, Uganda.

Medical Education Partnership Initiative eLearning Workshop: Strategic Plan and SWOT Analysis Templates

Carol Bales — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:42:00 +0000

Author's name:

Medical Education Partnership Initiative

February 2014 (All day)

MEPI eLearning Workshop: Strategic Plan Template

MEPI eLearning Workshop: SWOT Analysis Template

Participants at the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) eLearning Strategic Plan Development Workshop used these templates to draft school-specific eLearning strategic plans and to evaluate strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. In collaboration with the MEPI eLearning technical working group, CapacityPlus and the MEPI Coordinating Center organized and conducted the workshop, which was held in Gaborone, Botswana, on February 24–27, 2014. The participants represented 11 MEPI-supported schools and one MEPI consortium.

Health Professional School Leadership and Health Sector Reform, Performance, and Practice

Sarah Dwyer — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 13:27:10 +0000

Author's name:

Kate Tulenko, Richard Seifman, and Ok Pannenborg

September 2014 (All day)

CapacityPlus Technical Brief #14 (PDF)

CapacityPlus Technical Brief #14 (Interactive Version)

In the transition to the post-Millennium Development Goals era, many low and middle-income countries will be making significant shifts in their national health policies. The leadership that is drawn upon to make policy changes tends to be in ministries of health, flagship hospitals, physicians and nurses associations, and social protection entities. Health professional schools are an additional and valuable—yet often overlooked—source of leadership in health reform and health policy-making. This technical brief highlights some examples of how the education and research leadership of health professional schools has engaged, influenced, or obtained resources from national policy-makers and others with significant influence on the health sector. The brief also reviews instances in which different health educational institutions and professional associations have worked to shape national responses to health system needs.