Education
Areas of Intervention
- Pre-service education tied to health needs
- In-service training (e.g., distance and blended, continuing education)
- Capacity of training institutions
- Training of community health workers and non-formal care providers.
Indicators
- Ratio of graduates of pre-service training programs to projected demand by type of health worker
- Attrition of students in pre-service training programs
- Pre-service curricula updated periodically (e.g., within last three years)
- In-service training coordination and evaluation mechanisms in place
- Student/teacher ratios by pre-service institutions and cadres.
Tools and Guidelines
Basic Medical Education: WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement. World Federation for Medical Education, 2003.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of Medical Doctors: WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement. World Federation for Medical Education, 2003.
Guidelines for Assessing Distance Learning Programmes. International Council of Nurses, 2004.
Health Worker Education and Training: Selected Resources. The Capacity Project, 2005.
Integrating Gender into the Curricula for Health Professionals: Meeting Report. World Health Organization, 2006.
Learning for Performance: A Guide and Toolkit for Health Worker Training and Education Programs. The Capacity Project, 2006.
Postgraduate Medical Education: WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement. World Federation for Medical Education, 2003.
Supporting Existing Health Cadres in Learning New Skills: Tools and Approaches. The Capacity Project, 2006.
Trainer Competency Self-Assessment Tool. Management Sciences for Health (MSH), 1998.
Training Works! What You Need to Know about Managing, Designing, Delivering and Evaluating Group-Based Training. JHPIEGO, 2003.
Transfer of Learning: A Guide for Strengthening the Performance of Health Care Workers. PRIME II and JHPIEGO Corporation, 2002.
WHO/WFME Guidelines for Accreditation of Basic Medical Education World Federation for Medical Education, 2003.
Resources
Building Stronger Human Resources for Health through Licensure, Certification and Accreditation. The Capacity Project, 2006.
Conférence Internationale des Doyens et des Facultés de Médecine d’Expression Française.
Gender-Based Violence Training Modules: A Collection and Review of Existing Materials for Training Health Workers. The Capacity Project, 2006.
Making It Happen: Using Distance Learning to Improve Reproductive Health Provider Performance. Intrah, 2002.
Preservice Implementation Guide: A Process for Strengthening Preservice Education, 2002. Jhpiego, 2002.
Providing Doorstep Services to Underserved Rural Populations: Community Health Workers in Ghana. The Capacity Project, 2006.
Scaling Up, Saving Lives. Global Health Workforce Alliance, 2008.
Task Shifting for a Strategic Skill Mix. The Capacity Project, 2006.