World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 838: Increasing the Relevance of Education for Health Professionals

By P. A. J. Bouhuijs

Book Id: WPLBN0000224556
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 838: Increasing the Relevance of Education for Health Professionals
Author:	P. A. J. Bouhuijs
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
The need for a fresh look at the education of health professionals Many improvements are still required in most health care systems to ensure equal access to all who seek health care, as well as optimal protection against avoidable causes of suffering and death. To make these improvements, there is a need for additional resources for health care, including human resources, and a need to use existing resources better in both rich and poor countries (I). Because the health workforce can account for up to 70% of the recurrent health budget, it is natural that it should be carefully analysed and rationalized as an important step towards better use of existing resources.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS I. The need for a fresh look at the education of health professionals 1 2. Learning from innovations in the education of health professionals 2 2.1 Educational innovations 2 2.2 Measuring the effects of educational innovations 5 3. Creating links with new partners 9 3.1 Identifying and solving priority health problems in and with the community 10 3.2 Working in the community 13 3.3 Shaping health policy 15 4. Strategies for change applied to health systems and to educational institutions 16 4.1 Barriers to change 16 4.2 Strategies for change 18 5. Organizational and practical issues 5.1 Getting started 5.2 Resource needs for curricular development 5 3 Community sites 5.4 Creating favourable administrative structures 6. Conclusions 24 7. Recommendations 7.1 Recommendations to educational institutions 7 2 Recommendations to Member States 7.3 Recommendations to WHO Acknowledgements 26 References 27 Recommended further reading 28