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Pre-session workshop  of Annual Scientific Sessions of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka 2012


"Human Resources for health needs to address current public health priorities in Sri Lanka with special emphasis on the role of Public health Inspector"
 
             
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                            

Pre-session workshop  of Annual Scientific Sessions of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka 2012

 Organized jointly by the LANKAPHEIN, the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka and the College of Medical Administrators of Sri Lanka was held on the 19th September 2012, Board Room, Faculty of Medicine, No. 25, Kynsey Road, University of Colombo.

Participation was by invitation and a total of 48 participated in the workshop. Participants represented  administrators of the Ministry of Health,  retired seniors health administrators,  Director, administrative staff and tutor staff of the National Institute of Health Sciences, representatives of the Union of Public Health Inspectors, retired and working Public Health Inspectors, office bearers  of the two Colleges, representatives from the provincial health  directorates, United Nations organizations, researchers who have researched on duties and roles of PHI  and medical officers in the field of public health.  

The work shop consisted of three presentations followed by a group work and a discussion. 

This workshop was sponsored by the  Asia-Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health.

Three members of the LANKAPHEIN
Prof. Rohini De A Senevirathne, Chairperson of LANKAPHEIN,
Prof. Rajitha Wickramasinghe and Dr. Rsanajali Hettiarachchi
participated at the 6th Annual SEAPHEIN meeting held in Nepal.

  

 


EVENTS

This training programme was organized by the South East Asian Public Health Education Institutes Network.  There were 30 participants from the South East Asian region namely from Bangladesh, Myanmar Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. The resource personnel were from the Faculty of Public Health Universitas Indonesia and from United Nations University-International Institute of Global Health (UNU_IIGH) in Malaysia.

The training was conducted over four days.  Initially an overview to health care financing was given with different options in health care financing.  Introduction to taxed based financing, social insurance, commercial insurance and out of pocket financing was discussed. Payment systems, both prospective and retrospective were explored with an in-depth review of capitation and case mix payment systems. Introduction to diagnostic related groups with the use of a grouper and the manner in which it is utilized in Indonesia was discussed.  Hand on experience on calculating various indices for assessing efficiency, utilization and coverage were given with additional reading material.

LANKAPHEIN Continuous Development programme Series- No. 01

LANKAPHEIN activities

Following are the broad areas of activities that were completed.

Revisions to MSc in Community Medicine curriculum

MSc Community Medicine curriculum was reviewed and revisions were incorporated. This revised curriculum is being implemented for the batch of 2009.

A platform for exchange of information on existing training programmes in public health by the partner  institutions

Following programmes were presented at LANKAPHEIN meetings.

Undergraduate Community Medicine curriculum of the

1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

2. Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jeyawardenepura

3. Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya

4. Faculty of Medicine, University Ruhuna

5. Faculty of Health-Care Sciences, Eastern University of Sri Lanka

The certificate course on Field epidemiology, conducted by the Epidemiology Unit.

Diploma in Community Health conducted by Dept. of Public Health in University of Kelaniya

Collation of information on public health training programmes conducted by various organizations in the country                                                                                                   

Information on public health training programmes conducted by various organizations in the country  other than undergraduate community medicine training programmes in the medical faculties, was collated and a report was formulated and presented.

Basic course on teaching/ learning methods and assessment techniques   

·   A ten day training programmes for the academic/tutor staff of public health training institutes was conducted from 19th to 30th October 2009.

·   A five day training programmes for the academic/tutor staff of public health training institutes was conducted from 20th to 25th June 2011.

The resource persons are medical education specialists and academic staff trained on medical education affiliated to Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.

 

The five day training programmes for the academic/tutor staff of public health training institutes of NIHS  20th to 25th June 2011

 

 










 

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