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Developing Competencies for Health Sector Managers
Global Health Workforce Alliance
Conference
Kampala, Uganda
March 4, 2008
Elizabeth H. Howze, ScDDivision of Global Public Health Capacity
DevelopmentSustainable Management Development
Program
Coordinating Office for Global Health
What this talk is about
•Definitions and frameworks•Core competencies needed•Examples of good practice•Observations & future directions
Competence: Definition*
• Competence is a standardized requirement for an
individual to properly perform a specific job. It
encompasses a combination of knowledge, skills
and behavior utilised to improve performance.
• The state or quality of being adequately or well
qualified, having the ability to perform a specific
role.
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competence_%28human_resources%29
SMDP Competency Framework
CommunicationCommunication
Team BuildingTeam BuildingPriority SettingPriority Setting
Planning &Planning &Performance Performance AssessmentAssessmentProblem Problem SolvingSolving
LeadershipLeadership
IndividualIndividual InterpersonalInterpersonal ManagerialManagerial OrganizationalOrganizational ContextualContextual
Increasingly complex Increasingly complex
performance performance
behaviorsbehaviors
Focus of 6-
week MIPH
course
SMDP Strategy
MIPH
graduates
In-country
trainers
Public health managers
trained in-country
Many more participate in training
and applied management projects
Translating training to practice - Vietnam
• Improving processing time of laboratory specimens
• Increasing effectiveness of outreach to high- risk populations
• Increasing number of HIV/AIDS patients accessing outpatient
services for treatment
• Increasing ARV adherence
• Improving quality of HIV/AIDS counseling services
• Increasing % of clients returning for confirmatory test results
Observations & future directions
• Good training needs assessment, design and targeted content
• Linked to broader capacity building objectives and strategies
• Supportive organizational context
• Evidence-based practice for competency development