Capacity Development for the Renewal of PHC (2011) Version_1en
PURPOSE OF THE COURSE
Promote the development of PHC renewal in the Region of the Americas through strengthening the capacities of health leaders and managers.
GENERAL OBJETIVES
-Recognize the structural elements of PHC renewal based on a public health framework, as well as necessary competencies for their attainment.
-Participate in a review process on the progress and challenges in the practice of PHC renewal in the national and international context.
-Design an intervention proposal for PHC renewal within the scope of the participant’s workplace.
Epidemiological Methods (2018)
This course is in progress.
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Measurement of Health Status (2018)
The Skills Online Program aims to help public health practitioners develop and strengthen their knowledge and skills in order to make better-informed public health decisions. EPI2 Measuremente of Health Status is the second in a set of three basic modules on epidemiology in public health that is being offered through PAHO's Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH).
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this module is to enhance learners' understanding and use of common epidemiologic tools, data sources and methods for measuring, monitoring and visually representing the health of a community and to identify and define a basic set of health status indicators.
OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of the Measurement of Health Status module are to enable the learner to:
• Describe and use common epidemiologic tools, data sources and methods for measuring, monitoring and visually representing the health of a community
• Use epidemiologic tools, data sources and methods to outline a framework for assessing the health of a community
• Identify and define a basic set of health status indicators
• Locate and use Internet-based data sources to assess the health of a community, as defined in your framework
• Describe the use of a variety of methods for presenting epidemiologic data
TARGET AUDIENCE:
PREREQUISITES:
Learners should have successfully completed EPI1 Basic Epidemiological Concepts.
Productive Management Methodology for Health Services (2015)
Purpose of the Course
To develop and/or or improve the management information system for decision-making in health care facilities or health services networks by implementing the Productive Management Methodology for Health Services and its supporting tools.
Educational Objectives
1. To recognize the general concepts and actions of the PMMHS that accompany the development or strengthening of a health management information system to allow the attainment of data required for efficient and timely decisionmaking.
2. To analyse the current status of management information systems in health facilities or health services network and their capacity for supporting managerial decision- making.
3. To identify the elements needed to develop or strengthen health management information systems in health care facilities or health services networks using production, efficiency, costs and quality indicators.
4. To apply the elements of a health management information system to managerial decision-making aimed at the continuous improvement of the health care facility or health services network.
MODULES
Module 1: Introduction
Module 2: Production and production centres
Module 3: Indicators
Module 4: Costs
Tutoring in an Online Learning Environment (2016)
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