Institute for International Health and Development - IIHD

Human Resources for Health

Professional Short Courses 2012

These short courses are open to experienced health professionals and health planners who want to acquire the necessary insights and skills to use the new tools and techniques needed for modernising the health workforce in developing and transitional economies around the world. They are designed as professional development courses and assume no prior knowledge of human resource management.

Workforce Planning
(13 - 24 February 2012)
This module prepares participants to advance their skills in preparing workforce plans either at a national, regional or organizational level. Participants will become familiar and competent with the various planning tools and models available to workforce planners, and be able to prepare high quality workforce plans that are relevant and accurate for modernizing or reforming health systems. The module is practically focused and time will be spent using both manual and computer-based planning tools such as WISN, BirthRate+, the WHO model and others.

Managing and Developing the Workforce
(09 - 20 April 2012)
This module is a highly practical one, looking at core personnel management functions such as recruitment, selection, job design and work environments, staff appraisal, staff development and training. Participants will together explore relevant theory and good practice, and will learn how to effectively recruit, retain and develop employee capacity in small and large healthcare organisations. Participants will also explore how to effectively manage employee relations in a rapidly changing labour market.

Leading Change
(09 - 20 April 2012)
Leaders and managers in healthcare organisations continue to experience real problems in designing and implementing change successfully. Staff are often confronted with proposals to restructure their organisations, or introduce a new method of managing their work. In a changing environment, there can be no template or blueprint that guarantees success, so in this module participants will together explore the concept and nature of change and then examine how to strengthen the leadership functions of management in different organizational environments to achieve desired change.

Strategic HRH
(15-26 October 2012)
Strategic management of human resources is key to the success and sustainability of health systems. In this module, participants will engage with global, national and local workforce issues such as migration, staff movement, wastage, underemployment, regulation and shortages. Strategic thinking and flexible solutions are needed to get the right staff in the right place, at the right time and with the right skills. Using different databases, policies and strategies, and new analytical and decision support methods, participants will be able to identify key strategic issues and offer evidence-based solutions to critical workforce issues in modern healthcare. The module uses the HRH Action Framework as the basis for developing strategic plans and direction throughout.

Download our HRH Short Course brochure for 2012 here

Awards in HRH

Health professionals participating in the two week professional development courses will receive a certificate of attendance from the Institute. However, professionals wishing to gain an award may register for the post graduate certificate in HRH. HRH modules are then taken for credit on a part-time basis each year. A PG Cert requires 60 credits and a post graduate diploma requires 120 credits. If you do a dissertation in addition to the short course, you will gain 180 credits.

If you register for an award, you can have up to 4 years for a PG Cert, 5 years for a PG Dip and 7 years for a MSc to complete in part-time mode.

Classes are held at the new Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh campus which students will find charming and relaxing (www.qmu.ac.uk). Edinburgh is the lively capital of Scotland with a rich cultural life and close access to the beautiful Scottish countryside, the highlands of Scotland and the lovely Scottish Borders.

Fees for all courses are £1,155 for overseas participants and £640 for EU participants

An early bird discount of £155 for module for overseas participants and £40 per module for EU participants applies if the course is booked and paid for two months in advance of the course commencing.

Cancellation
6 weeks prior to course: Full fee reimbursement
4 weeks prior to course: 50% reimbursement
2 weeks prior to course: No reimbursement

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