Digitalized health workforce education: an elicitation of research gaps and selection of case studies

Digitalized health workforce education: an elicitation of research gaps and selection of case studies
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2023-10-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9240072713

The availability of technological learning tools has experienced exponential growth, significantly altering the traditional way health workers have been educated and how they deliver health services. The benefits and limitations of using digital tools and platforms to supplement traditional methods of educating health workers have been highlighted in several studies to date. Findings show that the effectiveness of using digital technology to educate and train health workers varies according to training objectives, digital modality, context, teaching and assessment methods, study population and specialty of practice. This brief examines and summarizes current evidence to map the education and training of health workers using digital technology. It outlines a non-exhaustive, non-prioritized list of 63 research questions to help improve understanding and inform policy- and decision-making in establishing and operationalizing digital health workforce education across various settings.

Operationalizing the Health and Education

Operationalizing the Health and Education
Author: Weltbank
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2012
Genre:
ISBN:

The objective of this report is to present a generic framework for analysis and policy action for fuller attainment of the health and education Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Central Asia. The framework focuses on the service delivery aspects of achieving the MDGs and emphasizes: a) monitoring outcomes to identify groups which are not achieving MDGs, b) identifying interventions which are effective in raising MDG performance, c) targeting interventions to groups which are not meeting MDGs, and d) strengthening incentives to service providers and users to raise MDG outcomes for these groups. The framework is illustrated with case studies on health and education in the Kyrgyz Republic. As the cases studies show, application of the approach requires good information on the status o f MDG attainment, and the constraints to fuller attainment - including, crucially, qualitative dimensions of MDG attainment, and resource constraints. The Kyrgyz Republic was chosen to illustrate the framework because prior analytical and project work provide a relatively rich base of knowledge and experience and because there is significant government ownership of the key principles involved in the approach. The case studies do not aim to present new analysis of the technical issues in the health and education sectors in the Kyrgyz Republic. Rather, they aim to bring together relevant existing sector knowledge and lessons of experience in order to derive the options for moving ahead more aggressively on MDG attainment in the health and education sectors.

Operationalizing the Health and Education

Operationalizing the Health and Education
Author: Weltbank
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2012
Genre:
ISBN:

The objective of this report is to present a generic framework for analysis and policy action for fuller attainment of the health and education Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Central Asia. The framework focuses on the service delivery aspects of achieving the MDGs and emphasizes: a) monitoring outcomes to identify groups which are not achieving MDGs, b) identifying interventions which are effective in raising MDG performance, c) targeting interventions to groups which are not meeting MDGs, and d) strengthening incentives to service providers and users to raise MDG outcomes for these groups. The framework is illustrated with case studies on health and education in the Kyrgyz Republic. As the cases studies show, application of the approach requires good information on the status o f MDG attainment, and the constraints to fuller attainment - including, crucially, qualitative dimensions of MDG attainment, and resource constraints. The Kyrgyz Republic was chosen to illustrate the framework because prior analytical and project work provide a relatively rich base of knowledge and experience and because there is significant government ownership of the key principles involved in the approach. The case studies do not aim to present new analysis of the technical issues in the health and education sectors in the Kyrgyz Republic. Rather, they aim to bring together relevant existing sector knowledge and lessons of experience in order to derive the options for moving ahead more aggressively on MDG attainment in the health and education sectors.

Curriculum guide to support the operationalization of refugee and migrant health

Curriculum guide to support the operationalization of refugee and migrant health
Author:
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2021-12-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9240040935

This Curriculum Guide accompanies the Refugee and Migrant Health: Global Competency Standards for Health Workers and the Knowledge Guide to support the operationalization of the Standards. The Guide supports institutions, health organizations and individuals engaged in the education and training of health practitioners and health administrators to incorporate the knowledge, skills and attitudes set out in the Knowledge Guide into curricula and for assessment of the achievement of the relevant learning outcomes and Competency Standards. The Curriculum Guide provides a flexible template for designing curricula that can be integrated into pre-service training or used for targeted, modular in-service training. It sets out considerations and options to deliver and assess competency-based learning outcomes of health workers that are relevant at all stages of their learning development. Each competency is operationalized through learning outcomes that can be used for pre-service health worker training, health workers at early vocational stages and experienced practising health workers.

Community and Public Health Education Methods

Community and Public Health Education Methods
Author: Robert J. Bensley
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2023-12-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1284262057

"This text teaches students to effectively communicate health education messages and positively influence the norms and behaviors of both individuals and communities. Written by and for health education specialists, this text explores the methods used by health educators, including didactic techniques designed to guide others toward the pursuit of a healthy lifestyle"--

A Framework for Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health

A Framework for Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2016-10-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309392659

The World Health Organization defines the social determinants of health as "the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life." These forces and systems include economic policies, development agendas, cultural and social norms, social policies, and political systems. In an era of pronounced human migration, changing demographics, and growing financial gaps between rich and poor, a fundamental understanding of how the conditions and circumstances in which individuals and populations exist affect mental and physical health is imperative. Educating health professionals about the social determinants of health generates awareness among those professionals about the potential root causes of ill health and the importance of addressing them in and with communities, contributing to more effective strategies for improving health and health care for underserved individuals, communities, and populations. Recently, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop to develop a high-level framework for such health professional education. A Framework for Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health also puts forth a conceptual model for the framework's use with the goal of helping stakeholder groups envision ways in which organizations, education, and communities can come together to address health inequalities.

Community Health Education: Settings, Roles, and Skills

Community Health Education: Settings, Roles, and Skills
Author: Mark J. Minelli
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0763754102

Now in its Fifth Edition, Community Health Education: Settings, Roles, and Skills has been a mainstay in public health education and has been used to train thousands in the field. This thorough revision features all new information on the latest concepts and strategies in health education. Each chapter will include a new section “Field Site Experiences”. These examples will provide real life experiences matching the chapter content material helping students connect theory with practice. Tips from “Practicing Health Educators” will also provide working examples from people with years of field experience. New public health challenges such as emergency response, Avian Flu, SARS, and designer drugs of abuse, have been woven into appropriate chapter materials. An all new chapter on creativity has also been added.