BUILDING THE HRH ROAD MAP FOR THE
CARIBBEAN: THE EDUCATION AND
TRAINING COMPONENT
Eugenie Brown-Myrie
Associate Professor of Pharmacy
University of Technology, Jamaica
EDUCATION AND TRAINING OBJECTIVES
ROAD MAP GOAL
To
strengthen the Caribbean
Workforce by re-orientation of
professional competencies and
reorganization of work processes
and standards toward primary
health care, disease prevention,
and management of long-term
chronic health conditions.
EDUCATION & TRAINING IS CRITICAL TO
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS GOAL
EDUCATION & TRAINING
OBJECTIVES
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To strengthen capacities in primary
health care and public health so as
to improve productivity, enhance
skills and improve quality and
standards of patient care.
Strengthen competencies in long
term care and NCDs
To nurture leadership skills in
health care professionals
EDUCATION & TRAINING
OBJECTIVES
 Coordination
of health services and
academic institutions in the
development of management
programmes
 Formation
of a Caribbean Learning
Network (CLN) partnering with academic
institutions to support in-service training,
curricula enhancements and online skills
building.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
OBJECTIVES
 Development
of accredited training
programmes through partnership of
CLN and regional academic and
other training institutions.
 Development
and implementation of
distance education initiatives for
improvements in skills and
competencies.
BENEFITS OF EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
 One
of the key benefits of employee
training is that employees are able to
learn new skills or improve their existing
skills in area of specialization.
 Improved skills directly translate into
reduced costs, improved productivity, and
increased efficiency in health care
delivery.
 E & T also improve morale and may even
motivate employees to become more
efficient and productive.
BENEFITS OF EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
 Improved
worker experience/greater job
satisfaction
 Offering training can help employees
become more confident in their skills and
abilities, leading to increased morale and
better self-esteem
 Reduce migration or staff movements
 Improved patient-provider relationship
(communication, empathy)
ACADEMIC AND OTHER TRAINING
INSTITUTIONS
University of the West Indies (UWI)
 University of Technology (UTech)
 Northern Caribbean University (NCU)
 St. Georges University
 University of Guyana
 Community Colleges
 Global partners, e.g. PAHO (technical assistance)
 Providers of Continuing Medical Education
/Continuing Professional Development
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ROLE OF ACADEMIC
INSTITUTIONS/COLLABORATING PARTNERS
 Work
to accelerate and improve the
supply of quality health workers by
strengthening pre-service education
 Help
countries develop strategic
approaches to in-service training and
continuing professional development
that meet health workers’ needs.
TYPES OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Improving the management efficiency of health
professional schools so they can produce more highquality health workers
 Identifying the most strategic investment
opportunities for ministries of health and health
professional schools to scale up production of highquality health workers to meet local health needs
 Assisting to identify innovative sources of funding for
health professional schools
 Helping schools to identify and remove their
bottlenecks to producing more students
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TYPES OF TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
 Assisting
health professional schools in
setting targets and implementation plans
for increased production of high-quality
graduates
 Integrating health professional schools into
the health system and the communities
they serve
 Providing a variety of assessments and
assistance for health professional schools,
including:
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Improved faculty development and retention
Curricula assessment and development
TYPES OF TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
 Developing
and delivering demanddriven, high-quality Internet and
technologically-based in-service
training that meets the real needs of
health workers.
 Providing
other technical assistance
to design, deliver, or improve inservice training or continuing
professional development.
COLLABORATION IS KEY TO
SUCCESS