Let’s Take it to the Clouds: The Potential of Educational Innovations, Including Blended Learning, for Capacity Building in Developing Countries
In modern decentralised health systems, district and local managers are increasingly responsible for financing, managing, and delivering healthcare. However, their lack of adequate skills and competencies are a critical barrier to improved performance of health systems. Given the financial and human...
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| author | Hannah Marrinan Sonja Firth David Hipgrave Eliana Jimenez-Soto |
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| description | In modern decentralised health systems, district and local managers are increasingly responsible for financing, managing, and delivering healthcare. However, their lack of adequate skills and competencies are a critical barrier to improved performance of health systems. Given the financial and human resource, constraints of relying on traditional face-to-face training to upskill a large and dispersed number of health managers, governments, and donors must look to exploit advances in the education sector. In recent years, education providers around the world have been experimenting with blended learning; that is, amalgamating traditional face-to-face education with web-based learning to reduce costs and enrol larger numbers of students. Access to improved information and communication technology (ICT) has been the major catalyst for such pedagogical innovations. We argue that with many developing countries already improving their ICT systems, the question is not whether but how to employ technology to facilitate the continuous professional development of district and local health managers in decentralised settings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1394c7afe5ce4b8bba3378bb751010362022-12-21T19:48:18ZengKerman University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management2322-59392322-59392015-09-014957157310.15171/ijhpm.2015.121Let’s Take it to the Clouds: The Potential of Educational Innovations, Including Blended Learning, for Capacity Building in Developing CountriesHannah Marrinan0Sonja Firth1David Hipgrave2Eliana Jimenez-Soto3School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaSchool of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaUnited Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), New York City, NY, USASchool of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaIn modern decentralised health systems, district and local managers are increasingly responsible for financing, managing, and delivering healthcare. However, their lack of adequate skills and competencies are a critical barrier to improved performance of health systems. Given the financial and human resource, constraints of relying on traditional face-to-face training to upskill a large and dispersed number of health managers, governments, and donors must look to exploit advances in the education sector. In recent years, education providers around the world have been experimenting with blended learning; that is, amalgamating traditional face-to-face education with web-based learning to reduce costs and enrol larger numbers of students. Access to improved information and communication technology (ICT) has been the major catalyst for such pedagogical innovations. We argue that with many developing countries already improving their ICT systems, the question is not whether but how to employ technology to facilitate the continuous professional development of district and local health managers in decentralised settings.http://www.ijhpm.com/pdf_3048_fa5af1cf5196885bb943e87c5b2131cb.htmlBlended LearningDecentralisationLow- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)EducationHealth Managers |
| spellingShingle | Hannah Marrinan Sonja Firth David Hipgrave Eliana Jimenez-Soto Let’s Take it to the Clouds: The Potential of Educational Innovations, Including Blended Learning, for Capacity Building in Developing Countries International Journal of Health Policy and Management Blended Learning Decentralisation Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) Education Health Managers |
| title | Let’s Take it to the Clouds: The Potential of Educational Innovations, Including Blended Learning, for Capacity Building in Developing Countries |
| title_full | Let’s Take it to the Clouds: The Potential of Educational Innovations, Including Blended Learning, for Capacity Building in Developing Countries |
| title_fullStr | Let’s Take it to the Clouds: The Potential of Educational Innovations, Including Blended Learning, for Capacity Building in Developing Countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Let’s Take it to the Clouds: The Potential of Educational Innovations, Including Blended Learning, for Capacity Building in Developing Countries |
| title_short | Let’s Take it to the Clouds: The Potential of Educational Innovations, Including Blended Learning, for Capacity Building in Developing Countries |
| title_sort | let s take it to the clouds the potential of educational innovations including blended learning for capacity building in developing countries |
| topic | Blended Learning Decentralisation Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) Education Health Managers |
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