Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Health Systems Development from Imperial College London

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

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Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Identify the key components of a well-functioning health system and recommend context-appropriate interventions for health system reform
  • Critical comparison between different health systems models to identify opportunities and challenges
  • Assessing the health impacts of policies, programs, and projects for recommendations to decision makers
  • Implementing a root cause analysis approach to diagnose bottlenecks in service delivery
  • Review of strategies to alleviate human resource challenges in global health
  • Formulating recommendations for health system reform to develop interventions tailored to the needs of the population

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Health Systems Manager
  • Health Policy Advisor
  • Health Systems Analyst
  • Healthcare Project Manager
  • Organizational Behavior Specialist in Healthcare Systems
  • Human Resources Manager in the Healthcare System
  • Public health researcher
  • Health Programs Manager
  • Advisor for health system reforms
  • Director of Global Health Strategies

Internship – a three-part course series

This specialization aims to expose students to holistic thinking about ‘health systems’ and the importance of a horizontal approach to investing in the health system, in order to achieve better health outcomes. The specialization also aims to provide understanding in a variety of areas, including organizational behavior, health policy, information systems, and human resources, with the aim of strengthening students’ abilities to think as effective health leaders.

Applied Learning Project

By the end of this internship, students should be able to:

  • Identify the key components of a well-functioning health system and make recommendations for context-appropriate interventions for health system reform;
  • Critically compare different health systems models to identify opportunities and challenges for health systems around the world;
  • Assess the health impacts of policies, programs, and projects to advise decision makers on disease prevention and health promotion;
  • Apply a root cause analysis approach to diagnose specific bottlenecks in service delivery;
  • Review strategies to alleviate human resource challenges in global health to support evidence-based decision-making for health system reform;
  • To formulate recommendations for health system reform in order to develop interventions tailored to the needs of the population.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Health Systems Development: Introduction to Health Systems

Course 1
26 hours
4.8 (135 ratings)

  • What you will learn: Comparison of different health system models in order to identify opportunities and challenges for health systems around the world.

Health Systems Development: Health Systems, Policy, and Research

Course 2
19 hours
4.8 (53 ratings)

  • What you will learn: Assess the health impacts of policies, programs, and projects, in order to recommend to decision-makers to prevent diseases and promote health.

Health systems development: focusing on health service delivery and human resources for health

Course 3
20 hours
4.7 (57 ratings)

  • What you will learn: Application of a root cause analysis approach to diagnose specific bottlenecks in service delivery.
  • Review strategies for reducing global challenges in human resources for health to support evidence-based decision-making for improving health systems.