Human Resources for Health leadership and management: Case studies

Overview

The Human Resources for Health (HRH) curricula package structures three curricula 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 aim to develop competencies to strengthen leadership in HRH development in the following domains: policy and planning; management; communication; information and communication technology; data management, analysis and intelligence; and research.

The prototype curriculum for an executive 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.

The case studies provided to accompany the prototype curriculum for an executive short course are linked to learning activities towards the principles of HRH leadership and management, health labour market dynamics, and evidence for policy. They may also be used for the equivalent learning sessions as part of the master’s course or the one-month course.

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.