the health open educational resources network: building capacity for health education in africa

April 8, 2023 | Global Health Conference

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Building Capacity Building Capacity for Health for Health EducationEducation

Global Health ConferenceWashington, DCJune 14th 2010


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Global Health ChallengesGlobal Health ChallengesSignificant global health challenges

Need for more trained health workers

Need for greater investment in building that capacity


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How do we respond?How do we respond?


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A few examples of pilot A few examples of pilot projectsprojects

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Impact of Pilot ProjectsImpact of Pilot ProjectsFaculty members - selected their highest quality educational content

to share internationally- used new media formats to enhance presentation

of their content on-line- connected with media specialists for assistance in

formatting and presenting content effectively

Learners- found structured OER materials easy to use- usually preferred electronic-based materials to

other educational resources


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Impact of Improved Health Impact of Improved Health Education on HealthEducation on Health

Better educated health workforce better healthProposition that demands proof:

Difficult to prove causality;Better metrics and research needed

Poorly educated health workforce worse healthHowever, no one ever challenges the inverse:


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Potential Impact on Health Potential Impact on Health Profession TeachingProfession Teaching

OER Producers(first adopters)

•High quality of content•Import or production of electronic media (images, video, animation, interactive)•On-line print/image content replaces some textbook/journal access•Collaborations with media specialists•Progression of scope: lectures modules courses

Individual Learners

AfricanHealth

OER Network

End Users(other institutions)•Fills unmet curricular needs•Teaching improved•Open material adapted for different groups of trainees


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Health Education in AfricaHealth Education in Africa


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Health Education in AfricaHealth Education in Africa• Context

– e.g. Kamuzu• Policy Reviews towards development of supportive

institutional environment;• Proof of Concept Pilots in support of the reinvention of

African higher education program curricula;

• Definition of OER • Vision of OER Africa


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Why Participate. . .Why Participate. . .


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OER Networking for OER Networking for Health EducationHealth Education

Initiatives to enable participants to develop, adapt, and share health education resources to augment limited human and other resources in the health sector and impact positively on overall health provision in Africa and beyond.


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The Health OER NetworkThe Health OER Network• Aims to:Aims to:

– Aggregate the results of multiple initiatives by collecting, classifying, tagging, and then actively sharing Africa-initiated resources with the global health community;

– Facilitate discussion of how those resources can best be used;

– Share exemplars of best practice;– Work through institutions and associations to

advocate the principles of openness and sharing of educational materials.


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The Health OER NetworkThe Health OER Network• Operational Principles:Operational Principles:

– It is not owned by any single entity, but rather by all participants.

– Network participants will drive processes based on their needs.

– Health OER Network activities should not generate additional workload for those involved, but rather help people to manage their current workloads more effectively.

– A Code of Conduct will be established and continually updated through ongoing consultation to set rules of ‘engagement’ between members.


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The Health OER NetworkThe Health OER Network• The Network does NOT:The Network does NOT:

– Hold funds for disbursement to Network participants;

– Perform centralized quality control functions on behalf of participants (although it will create spaces for participants to do this work themselves);

– Seek to control membership, which will be open;– Develop content itself, as this will only take place

through participants’ individual and collaborative activities.


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Q & AQ & A


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Thank youThank you Catherine Ngugi Catherine Ngugi Neil ButcherNeil [email protected] [email protected]

Ted Hanss Ted Hanss Cary EnglebergCary [email protected] [email protected]

http://www.oerafrica.org/healthoer

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