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STRENGTHENING HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH
June 8 – 18, 2020 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
STRENGTHENING HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH
June 8 – 18, 2020, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION
Instructions
1. Please TYPE or PRINT.
2. Applicants should provide all information requested.
3. Applications should be received no later than April 8, 2020.
4. We encourage all applicants to secure their financial sponsorship as early in the application process as possible.
Name
(as it appears on your passport):_________________________________________________ Gender:
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___ English is my native language. ___ My previous training has been in English.
___ A copy of my TOEFL score is enclosed. ___ An English-speaking member of my organization will certify my ability in English.
Financial Support (please check one)
Please note tuition payment is due in full on or before May 8, 2020.
I will be funding myself: Upon admission to the course, I will provide evidence of sufficient funds to cover required fees and living expenses. (Self-funded participants are financed by funds from personal savings, friends and/or relatives.)
I will be funded by: I will provide a letter of commitment from my funder detailing the level of support provided. (Funded participants are financed by funds from agencies, organizations, or employers.)
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Human Resources page 2 APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION
Required Information – your application will not be reviewed with out these materials
- A current curriculum vitae that details your work experience.
- A brief statement (250 words) outlining how you would benefit from attending this workshop.
How did you hear about this workshop?
____ Colleague. His/Her Name: _______________________________________________________
____ Professional Association. Name:___________________________________________________
____ On the Internet/ Web site: ________________________________________________________
____ Other. Please explain:____________________________________________________________
Special accommodation for a disability
___ I have a disability that will require an accommodation during the workshop. (If yes, please explain below.)
I verify that all statements in this application are true and correct. If accepted, I agree to pay the tuition as described on page one of this application brochure. My typed name below shall have the same force and effect as my written signature.
Signature of Applicant Date
If you have not heard from us within three weeks of sending this application,
please contact our office.
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|Purpose—A Successful Course Targeting Current Needs | |About the Course Directors | | |
|You've recently read about the priority of human resources development in | |Dr. Thomas J. Bossert is director of the International Health Systems | | |
|reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and achieving Universal | |Program at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health as well as a | | |
|Health Coverage (UHC) in such publications by the World Health Organization | |Senior Lecturer on Health Policy in the Department of Global Health and | | |
|and in the Lancet (see references below). This successful course is | |Population. He led the development of the Assessing Financing, Education, | | |
|specifically designed to address that priority by providing participants | |Management and Policy Context for Strategic Planning of Human Resources for | | |
|with new and innovative ways of addressing human resources policy and | |Health for WHO and has taught courses on strategic planning in several | | |
|management issues. Individuals and country teams will learn from experts as | |countries for WHO and UNICEF.. Additionally, he has directed technical | | |
|well as peers from other nations and will develop their own draft country | |assistance projects and applied research in Latin America, Asia, and Africa | | |
|Strategic Plans for Human Resources. | |on decentralization, institutional transformation, and health policy reform.| | |
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|The SDG health objectives and UHC require a focus on human resources, | | | | |
|critical to improving health outcomes for all. A lack of human resources | |Dr. Diana Bowser has her primary academic appointment at Brandeis University| | |
|capacity is a major barrier to the achievement of these goals. Health | |as associate professor and is the Course Director for Global Executive | | |
|officials in all countries need to recruit and retain skilled health workers| |Courses within the International Health Systems Program. She has 18 years of| | |
|at all levels. They also need to strengthen educational and management | |experience in health system analysis related to health economics, health | | |
|systems and to creatively finance all of the above. | |policy, and using econometric methods to evaluate health system changes in | | |
| | |Latin America, Africa, and the United States. She has provided technical | | |
|This course has been designed to provide those working in the health sector | |assistance and conducted research with funding from USAID, DFID, WHO, the | | |
|with tools and skills to understand, assess and formulate strategies to | |Global Fund, Save the Children, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, IADB, | | |
|improve human resources for health. Until recently human resources training| |NIH, and the World Bank. She has worked closely with the following | | |
|has focused on personnel management and on static models of planning for the| |governments on these policy issues: Nigeria, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Ghana, | | |
|public sector. This course, however, has been formulated to incorporate new| |Namibia, Swaziland, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, Saint Lucia, | | |
|tools and skills to help you create innovative strategies applicable in both| |Dominica, Ukraine, Kosovo, Bangladesh, and Malaysia. | | |
|the public and private sectors. | | | | |
| | |Costs | | |
|Who Should Attend: | |Course Package: US$ 4,300 | | |
|This course is designed for individuals working in either the public sector | | | | |
|or private sector who are managing and/or developing strategies and policies| |The Course Package includes tuition and course materials. We are unable to | | |
|for human resources development. We are seeking experienced mid-level to | |accept payment by a charge card. Note: 1. Teams of three or more | | |
|senior level participants working in the health sector. Applicants from | |representing the same organization receive a $300 discount off each tuition.| | |
|both government and non-governmental organizations will benefit from this | |2. Payment by March 31 receives a $300 discount. 3. If you are unable to | | |
|course. We encourage participation by teams of participants who can work | |attend, but have paid tuition, a $25 refund processing fee will be deducted | | |
|together in the course to develop draft strategic plans for their own | |from your refunded tuition. | | |
|organizations or countries. | | | | |
| | |Financial Assistance may be obtained from your employer or a funding | | |
|Course participants will: | |organization. Applicants are also encouraged to contact these suggested | | |
|learn how to effectively assess the human resource situation in your | |organizations: the World Bank, USAID (United States Agency for International| | |
|country/area; | |Development), Sida (Swedish International Development Authority) and the | | |
|examine the financing, education and labor market for effective human | |World Health Organization. Please note that Harvard University and the | | |
|resource strategies; | |School of Public Health do not provide scholarships or financial assistance | | |
|learn tools to develop human resources policies (pay for performance, | |for workshops. | | |
|strategic planning, priority setting); | | | | |
|apply human resource strategies to other system topics (UHC, quality, | |Logistics | | |
|politics, etc.); | |Arrival in Boston, MA: Participants are expected to arrive no later than | | |
|learn critical leadership, negotiation and conflict resolution strategies. | |Sunday, June 7, 2020. | | |
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|Course Topics | |Housing: A group rate has been arranged at the Inn at Longwood Medical, | | |
|The curriculum of the course includes the following: | |Boston. More information regarding the accommodations and how to register | | |
|Financing Assessment for Human Resources | |with the hotel will be provided upon formal acceptance to the course. | | |
|Education Assessment and Human Resources | | | | |
|Management Capacity and Human Resources | |Visas | | |
|Strategic Planning and Human Resources | |Applicants are responsible for obtaining visas. Apply for an appropriate | | |
|Health Status and Human Resources | |visa at your nearest United States Embassy or Consulate. Since you are not | | |
|Pay for Performance | |required to be in Boston beyond the period of the workshop, you will NOT | | |
|Labor Market Approach | |need a special student visa to attend the program. If you are being | | |
|Leadership and Institutional Change | |sponsored by an international funding agency, such as USAID, the | | |
|Conflict Resolution for Human Resources | |organization will make visa arrangements for you. If you plan to visit | | |
| | |another country before returning home, arrange to obtain the appropriate | | |
|Educational Approach | |visas before you leave home. It can be difficult and time-consuming to | | |
|This course offers a blend of theory and practice, geared to an audience | |obtain a visa in the United States while you are attending the program. | | |
|focused upon implementation rather than research. Included throughout the | | | | |
|course are lectures, group discussions, several case studies, problem sets, | |Application | | |
|and preparation of group and individual case presentations. Classroom | |Please complete and send the enclosed application, a recent CV, and a | | |
|points will most often be made through active learning methods, rather than | |statement of personal benefit no later than April 8, 2020, as space is | | |
|through lectures. Lively discussion among experienced participants is | |limited. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. You should receive | | |
|expected throughout. | |information regarding your acceptance within three weeks of submitting your | | |
| | |application. Please note that in order to guarantee your place in the | | |
|1 World Health Organization, 2016, "Health Workforce Requirements for | |course payment in full is due by May 8, 2020. | | |
|Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals. Human | | | | |
|Resources for Health Observer – Issue 17; Stenberg, K., Hanssen, O., Edejer,| | | | |
|T.T., et al. | | | | |
|2 Financing Transformative Health Systems Towards Achievement of the Health | | | | |
|Sustainable Development Goals: a Model for Projected Resource Needs in 67 | | | | |
|Low-Income and Middle-income Countries. Lancet Global Health, 2017; 5(9): | | | | |
|e875-e887. doi 10.1016/s2214-109x(17) 30263 | | | | |
Please airmail, email, or fax the completed application, curriculum vitae and statement to:
Betty McNally, Program Coordinator Fax: 617-432-2181
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Email: ihsg@hsph.harvard.edu
International Health Systems Program Phone: 617-432-0418
665 Huntington Avenue, Building 1-1206 Internet:
Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA
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