Health Professions Education and training for strengthening the health system and services in Uganda

项目摘要 撒哈拉以南非洲长期缺乏卫生专业工作者，该地区15%的人口 占世界人口的25%，占全球疾病负担的25%，占全球劳动力的3%。而 乌干达的健康指数，如婴儿和5岁以下儿童死亡率有所改善，但仍然令人无法接受。 卫生工作者是提供适当卫生服务的主要瓶颈。的 MakCHS，MEPI奖（2010年），取得了几项成功，包括通过培训建立研究能力 博士，硕士和教员。此外，它提高了医学毕业生的数量，质量和保留率 在乌干达，通过支持建立一所医学院， 教育和改善教育和研究的体制系统。然而，尽管这些 成就，有几个新老挑战，需要更多的持续培训 卫生工作者。此外，乌干达人口增长率高达3.3%，总生育率高达6.0， 对卫生工作者产生了巨大的需求。此外，由于在艾滋病毒护理方面取得了许多进展， 艾滋病毒/艾滋病已成为一种慢性病，并伴随着非传染性疾病的增加。这 迅速发展的流行病转变使本已薄弱的乌干达卫生保健更加紧张， 系统该项目将建立在MEPI的收益基础上，解决挑战，并利用退出 机会我们的目标是通过加强乌干达卫生系统， 卫生专业跨学科教育和研究培训。我们的总体假设是 加强联合会的卫生专业教育能力将导致更多的 卫生专业人员，有能力解决乌干达的关键卫生需求。我们将测试 通过以下目标的总体假设。1)加强卫生保健人员的教育和培训， 培养有能力满足乌干达优先保健需要的保健专业人员。（二） 加强即将毕业的卫生专业学生留在乌干达工作的能力， 作为教师和/或进行有关艾滋病毒/艾滋病和其他卫生优先事项的研究。3)加强机构 系统，通过参与乌干达的变革性卫生专业教育， 利益攸关方、联网和加强体制系统。该项目将加强健康 乌干达的专业教育、研究和培训能力，特别侧重于使用 创新模式，包括电子学习和模拟方法。.我们会监察及评估 为最佳做法提供证据。该联盟代表了一个强大的创新 乌干达和美国的医疗和护理教育机构之间的伙伴关系。

Project Summary There has been a chronic shortage of health professional workers in sub-Saharan Africa, which has 15% of the world's population, 25% of the global disease burden and 3% of the global workforce. Whereas Uganda's health indices like infant and under-5 mortality rate have improved, they remain unacceptably high with the health workforce as a key bottleneck to provision of appropriate health services. The MakCHS, MEPI award (2010), scored several successes including building research capacity by training PhDs, master's and faculty. In addition it improved the quantity, quality, and retention of medical graduates in Uganda through supporting the establishment of a medical school, identifying competencies for medical education and improving institutional systems for education and research. However, despite these achievements, there are several old and new emerging challenges that need a sustained training of more health workers. Also Ugandan's rapid population growth rate of 3.3 % with a high total fertility rate of 6.0 is creating a huge demand for health workers. Further because of the many gains in HIV care, HIV has become a chronic condition compounded with the associated increase in non-communicable diseases. This rapidly evolving epidemiological transitions have further strained the already weak Ugandan health care system. This project will build on the gains of the MEPI, address the challenges, and leverage on exiting opportunities. Our goal is to improve service delivery of the Ugandan health systems through strengthened health professional interdisciplinary education and research training. Our overall hypothesis is that strengthening the consortiums health professional education capacity will lead to increased numbers of health professionals, with the competencies to address the critical health needs of Uganda. We will test the overall hypothesis through the following aims. 1) Enhance Health Professions' Education and training to produce health professionals who are competent to address the priority health needs of Uganda. 2) Strengthen the capacity of graduating health professional students to remain and practice in Uganda, serve as faculty and or conduct research related to HIV/AIDs and other health priorities. 3) Enhance institutional systems to sustain transformative health professions education in Uganda through the engagement of stakeholders, networking, and enhancing institutional systems. The project will strengthen health professional education, research and training capacity in Uganda with special emphasis on nursing using innovative models including e-Learning and simulation methods. . We shall monitor and evaluate our interventions, to provide evidence for best practices. This consortium represents a strong innovative partnership between medical and nursing education institutions in Uganda and the US.