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Quick Facts

Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
yesCoursera

The Syllabus

Videos
  • Welcome to the course
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Introduction to health systems strengthening
  • Systems thinking
  • Program design and evaluation from a health systems strengthening perspective
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Health systems frameworks
  • Applying a health systems lens to evaluation models (Part 1)
  • Applying a health systems lens to evaluation models (Part 2)
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Introduction to the evaluation planning tool (EPT)
Readings
  • Overcoming health-systems constraints to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
  • The application of systems thinking in health: why use systems thinking?
  • Visualizing the drivers of an effective health workforce: a detailed, interactive logic model
Practice exercise
  • Module 1 Summative Exam

Videos
  • Welcome to Module 2
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Workforce interventions
  • Supply chain interventions
  • Information systems interventions
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Guiding principles for designing health systems strengthening programs
  • Identifying and prioritizing opportunities: Part I
  • Identifying and prioritizing opportunities: Part II
  • Selecting health systems strengthening program
Practice exercise
  • Module 2 Summative Exam

Videos
  • Welcome to Module 3
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Study designs to evaluate health systems programs
  • Challenges in health system program evaluation
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Overview of data sources for health systems strengthening evaluation
  • Modeling to evaluate health systems program impact
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Implications of health system evaluation findings
  • Course wrap-up
Practice exercise
  • Module 3 Summative Exam

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