Health

22 Dec 2009

Objectives

  • The capacity of medical post-secondary education and training institutes, in northern Ghana, to deliver quality, gender sensitive, education and training, or to do relevant research is strengthened.
  • Te relevance and quality of education on hospital management and administration has improved and the relevance of curricula has increased.
    (NB still under discussion: further needs analysis in sector plans).
  • Gender discrepancies in the post-secondary higher education system have decreased.
  • Post-secondary education and training is related to labour market demands.

Benchmark of the present status

  • shortage of:
    - midwives;
    - medical assistants (to bridge gap between nurses and doctors);
    - nurses in certain specialized fields (critical care, oncology, paediatrics, mental health);
    - laboratory technicians;
    - biomedical engineers;
    - specialized medical doctors.
  • insufficient sustainable national capacity to provide good quality and labour market-oriented education;
  • mechanisms for organising practical training sites and/or internships are lacking or not optimal;
  • inadequate hospital management and administration;
  • urban-biased distribution of medical staff;
  • inadequate national health insurance declaration system;
  • unequal opportunities for boys/girls and urban/rural areas to enter medical universities;
  • female dominance in professions such as midwifery and nurses;
  • men are not encouraged to enter these professions;
  • women are less aware of career opportunities and conditions of service;
  • gender imbalance at all management levels in the health sector and as medical doctors.

Medium Term outcomes (4 years)

  • The selected medical education and training institutes are able to develop, teach and manage the improved education programmes.
  • The relevance and quality of curricula on hospital management & administration has improved.
  • Gender awareness has been institutionalized in the operations of post-secondary education and training institutes.
  • In their planning and implementation of education and training programmes the selected institutions respond to (changing) needs and demands in the labour market.
  • Medical training institutions apply mechanisms for practical training sites and/or internships.

Longer Term outcomes (8 years)

  • Medical post-secondary education institutes have improved their professional standing and are capable of organising and developing training programmes for their students in an effective and efficient way.
  • Medical post-secondary education institutes have become more attractive to new students, employers and/or research clients.

 

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