Human Resources for Health leadership and management: Prototype curriculum for an executive short course

Overview

The prototype curriculum for an executive short course is part of a Human Resources for Health (HRH) curricula package intended to recognize, formalize and build a critical mass of leaders and managers in the much needed area of HRH. The courses address the leadership of HRH around the dynamics of the health labour market and aims to develop competencies to strengthen leadership in HRH development in analysis, planning and management, with a particular emphasis on facilitating participatory leadership, policy dialogue, negotiation and consensus-building.

This short course focuses on the stewardship role of senior leaders in HRH, aiming specifically to enhance strategic leadership, strengthen participants’ capabilities to set the vision, strategies and policies to achieve universal health coverage. Participants will also be able to facilitate dialogue and consensus-building across multiple stakeholders, ensure good governance that supports the achievement of these goals, and contribute to improved HRH efficiency, effectiveness and performance in diverse health systems and health care settings.

To address these different dimensions, the course is structured over six units of facilitated learning that provide a framework in which participants can develop selected skills and competencies required to steer and oversee strategic leadership and policy dialogue in the HRH field. Each module includes learning objectives and reading lists. It is accompanied by a facilitator’s guide which proposes educational methods and learning activities as well as suggested assessment formats.

The prototype curriculum for an executive short course should be considered alongside the overview document, as well as the facilitator’s guide, case studies and glossary of terms. 

WHO intends for the prototype curriculum package to inform courses and programmes relating to human resources for health. The standard non-commercial CC license is relevant for courses and programmes that do not charge, however where tuition fees are charged, this is considered commercial use. This must be facilitated by permissions use. Please therefore send a request by completing the form available here https://www.who.int/about/policies/publishing/permissions.