Certificate course in Managing Human Resources for Health

Certificate course in Managing Human Resources for Health

The last date for accepting applications : December 15, 2013.

The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and its constituent Indian Institutes of Public Health (IIPHs) are pleased to announce the launch of a Certificate Course in “Managing Human Resources for Health in India – Improving Human Resource Management in the Health Workforce” offered through Distance Learning.

This course will be launched in January 2014.

Capacity building for mid-career professionals is often challenging because of their inability to stay away from their workplace/s for a considerable time period. Distance learning offers a new and innovative way of training wherein participants get to learn at their own pace without having to take time off to attend a campus-based course.

Also, despite a lot of focus on capacity building of the health workforce to improve health outcomes in India, very few initiatives are aimed at strengthening human resource management (HRM) capacities of health managers at state and district levels.

Addressing this systemic gap and as a response to the need for skills-building of programme managers on human resource management, the proposed certificate course aims to equip health managers with skills essential to manage the health workforce within the Directorate of Health Services and the National Rural Health Mission.

The content for the course has been developed by faculty at PHFI and IIPHs with guidance from key experts, senior leadership at PHFI incorporating the findings of a Training Needs Assessment (TNA) conducted in several states of India.

Participants would benefit from enhanced knowledge of HRM principles, practices and foster environment for better management of health workforce.

For details on course content, fee, enrolment criteria and application form, please visit http://www.phfi.org/our-activities/academic-programmes/distance-learning-courses/1136.