Health Systems Summer Institute
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Overall goals of the course
The Health Systems Summer Institute aims to provide early- and mid-career professionals the skills necessary to address key health systems issues. Participants will learn the principles of health systems and develop the skills necessary to improve a wide range of public health systems. Course work focuses on low- and middle-income countries, but the skills are universal. The Institute consists of 11 courses in the following topics:
• Injury/Trauma Surveillance
• Gender Analysis
• Health Systems Modeling
• Primary Health Care
• Qualitative Methods
• Monitoring and Evaluation
Learning objectives
Participants will learn to:
• Measure the burden of disease
• Monitor and evaluate health programs
• Use systems science approaches in health systems
• Learn how to incorporate gender analysis into health systems research
• Apply principles of design guided by public health concerns to adapt innovation in resource-limited settings
Major topics covered
Teaching formats
Facilitator inputs, small group discussions, review of HPSR, instructor-led and facilitated discussion