PIHOA 57 Meetings

HRH Briefing to PIHOA Board

PIHOA 9 March 2015 Republic of Palau

HRH Topics

•Pacific Basin Dental Association Meeting, 12-14 January 2015

Regional Oral Health Education Plan

•PIHOA-ASTHO HRM Project

•Regional Public Health Training Programs CMI Certificate in Public Health FNU Bachelors in Public Health Nursing University of Arizona Western Region Public Health

Training Center - College of Micronesia Local Performance Site

•Nurse Practitioner Training

•Foundation Sciences

*Combined HRIS/HRM Consultancy

HRIS & HRM Mentoring WorkshopsDates Location Consultant Country HR Managers17-21 Mar 2014 Palau MOH Palau HR Unit Team Kosrae, Pohnpei, and

Yap States27-31 Oct 2014 Palau MOH Palau HR Unit Team American Samoa Human Resources Information Systems TrainingDates Location Consultant Country HR Manager12-14 May 2014 Yap State DOH M. Sugiyama / Palau MOH L. Gubgau14-16 May 2014 Chuuk State

DOHM. Sugiyama / Palau MOH J. Nomau

17-20 May 2014 Kosrae State DOH

M. Sugiyama / Palau MOH R. William

3-7 Nov 2014 Pohnpei State DOH

M. Sugiyama / Palau MOH D. Hadley

10-14 Nov 2014 Yap State DOH M. Sugiyama / Palau MOH L. Gubgau1-12 Dec 2014 American

Samoa DOHV. Vikash / Fiji National University*

L. Lees

       Human Resources Management Coaching Dates Location Consultant Country HR Manager12-16 May 2014 Yap Sate DOH J. Bowen / Palau MOH L. Gubgau & Team19-23 May 2014 Chuuk State

DOHJ. Bowen / Palau MOH J. Nomau & Team

10-14 Nov 2014 Yap State DOH M. Ngirametuker / Palau MOH

L. Gubgau & Team

17-21 Nov 2014 Kosrae State DOH

M. Ngirametuker / Palau MOH

R. William & Team

1-12 Dec 2014 American Samoa DOH

V. Vikash / FNU* L. Lees & Team

PIHOA-ASTHO-CDC HRM Project Table

Progress in Development of Undergraduate Public Health Training

College of Micronesia – FSM: Approved 2009 & started classes in August 2009

Palau Community College: Approved 2012 & started classes in August 2013

College of the Marshall Islands: Certificate in Public Health approved in November 2014

Other Public Health Training Activities

Bachelors in Public Health Nursing (2013-2015)

University of Arizona Western Region Public Health Training Center (2014) – COM-FSM Local Performance Site

The purpose of the four-year placement is to •Support COM-FSM in its continuing development of its PHTP; •Support COM-FSM to translate its current public health curriculum to a distance learning platform; •Deliver by distance COM-FSM public health courses to public health workers in Chuuk, Kosrae, and Yap States; •Provide continuing professional development courses for the current public health workers by face-to-face and distance learning; •Assist COM-FSM in aligning its public health curriculum with the Bachelors in Public Health Program at FNU; and •Where possible, deliver both upper level FNU Bachelors in Public Health courses and Masters in Public Health courses to eligible public health workers and students in the FSM by face-to-face and distance learning.  

Remaining Discussion

1.Nurse Practitioner Training for the Marshall Islands FNU Feasibility Study

2.Foundation Sciences Training in FAS Transport USP Program Develop Community Colleges as Platform Funding

Picture by T. Omoto

Thank YouGreg Dever, M.D.Regional HRH Coordinator, PIHOAgregd@pihoa.org

Paintings by Margaret Leach