A critical step toward having a strong and effective workforce is ensuring that institutions have the capacity to adequately educate health care providers and managers. The Ministry of Education and health managers at every level can help to assess critical gaps in the supply of health care cadres, and likely reasons for these gaps. Leaders from the political realm, pre-service training institutions, and the health care workforce are often most effective when working collaboratively to reform curriculum and training programs in order to close and narrow identified gaps.
MSH helps institutions and ministries of health to provide adequate training to current and future health care providers. The training includes technical and clinical skills, of course, but also management and leadership skills that contribute greatly to improving overall service provision while also improving the overall climate of human resources for health (HRH).
Actions you can take:
MSH helps institutions and ministries of health to provide adequate training to current and future health care providers. The training includes technical and clinical skills, of course, but also management and leadership skills that contribute greatly to improving overall service provision while also improving the overall climate of human resources for health (HRH).
Actions you can take:
- Analyze data to understand “brain drain” trends
- Re-examine the roles of providers and how they relate to current health needs
- Include management and planning training in curricula
- Assess the impact of HIV/AIDS on lecturers and tutors
- Implement an HIV/AIDS education program for lecturers and tutors
- Incorporate training in antiretroviral therapy, TB DOTS, and community outreach into curricula
- Consider educational incentives to discourage “brain drain”
- Link continuing education to supervision and salary systems