Building partnerships towards strengthening Makerere University College of Health Sciences: a stakeholder and sustainability analysis
Building partnerships towards strengthening Makerere University College of Health Sciences: a stakeholder and sustainability analysis
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DOI：
10.1186/1472-698x-11-s1-s14
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发表时间：
2011-03-01
影响因子：
3
通讯作者：
Peters, David H.
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作者：
Okui, Olico;Ayebare, Elizabeth;Peters, David H.
背景资料：伙伴关系和网络是很重要的高等教育机构，如Makerere大学健康科学学院（MakCHS）的竞争力和可持续性。方法：利益相关者和可持续性分析的25个关键线人访谈之间进行MakCHS的过去，现在和潜在的利益相关者，以获得他们的观点和贡献的可持续性的学院在其作用，以改善健康成果。结果：学院拥有多个内部和外部利益相关者。来自乌干达的利益攸关方希望学院利用其巨大的学术能力实现其愿景，采取主动行动，并在开展更多与该国卫生需求相关的研究和培训方面具有创新性。许多利益攸关方认为，目前的合作倡议更多来自利益攸关方，而不是学院。外部利益攸关方认为，MakCHS没有充分推销自己，没有直接与私营部门或议会接触。利益攸关方还指出，MakCHS有机会在研究、学习和培训中采用信息技术，许多利益攸关方还希望MakCHS在卫生系统中启动领导和管理培训方案。讨论：作为公立大学的组成部分，MakCHS一直依赖公共资金，这不足以完成其使命。更广泛的网络，营销以调动资源，并提供强有力的领导和管理支持，以激发其目前和潜在的利益相关者的信心将是必不可少的MakCHS的进一步增长。MakCHS的相关性取决于产生解决国家当代健康问题的研究知识，并启动相关计划和拥抱技术。它应通过出版物和其他传播形式广泛分享新知识。机构领导权最好掌握在学者手中还是职业经理人手中是一个有争议的问题。结论：本研究指出，MakCHS和其他非洲公立大学需要建立广泛的合作伙伴网络，以加强其运营、相关性和可持续性。进行利益相关者和可持续性分析对实现这一目标具有指导意义，并提供了如何为成功做出长期知情选择的信息和观点。
Background: Partnerships and networking are important for an institution of higher learning like Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) to be competitive and sustainable.Methods: A stakeholder and sustainability analysis of 25 key informant interviews was conducted among past, current and potential stakeholders of MakCHS to obtain their perspectives and contributions to sustainability of the College in its role to improve health outcomes.Results: The College has multiple internal and external stakeholders. Stakeholders from Uganda wanted the College to use its enormous academic capacity to fulfil its vision, take initiative, and be innovative in conducting more research and training relevant to the country's health needs. Many stakeholders felt that the initiative for collaboration currently came more from the stakeholders than the College. External stakeholders felt that MakCHS was insufficiently marketing itself and not directly engaging the private sector or Parliament. Stakeholders also identified the opportunity for MakCHS to embrace information technology in research, learning and training, and many also wanted MakCHS to start leadership and management training programmes in health systems. The need for MakCHS to be more vigorous in training to enhance professionalism and ethical conduct was also identified.Discussion: As a constituent of a public university, MakCHS has relied on public funding, which has been inadequate to fulfill its mission. Broader networking, marketing to mobilize resources, and providing strong leadership and management support to inspire confidence among its current and potential stakeholders will be essential to MakCHS' further growth. MakCHS' relevance is hinged on generating research knowledge for solving the country's contemporary health problems and starting relevant programs and embracing technologies. It should share new knowledge widely through publications and other forms of dissemination. Whether institutional leadership is best in the hands of academicians or professional managers is a debatable matter.Conclusions: This study points towards the need for MakCHS and other African public universities to build a broad network of partnerships to strengthen their operations, relevance, and sustainability. Conducting stakeholder and sustainability analyses are instructive toward this end, and have provided information and perspectives on how to make long-range informed choices for success.