Innovative practice articles
Building public health capacity through online global learning
Authors:
- Rajan MadhokEmail Rajan Madhok
- Erica Frank
- Richard Frederick Heller
Abstract
Rising disease burden and health inequalities remain global concerns, highlighting the need for health systems strengthening with a sufficient and appropriately trained workforce. The current models for developing such a workforce are inadequate and newer approaches are needed. In this paper we describe a model for public health capacity building through online Global Learning, defined as “innovative, integrated, global opportunities for capacity building through online learning and shared experiences between and within Low- to Middle-Income Countries and High-Income Countries, in a continuous process that helps health care workers learn as they progress through their careers”. We demonstrate how two programmes, Peoples-uni and NextGenU.org, have implemented this model using a mix of low-cost and free online learning courses, a global community of volunteer tutors, mentors and peers, and appropriate high quality competence-based content.
- Year: 2018
- Volume: 10 Issue: 1
- Page/Article: 91-97
- DOI: 10.5944/openpraxis.10.1.746
- Submitted on 14 Sep 2017
- Accepted on 7 Dec 2017
- Published on 1 Jan 2018
- Peer Reviewed