MEPI PI Council Lessons Learned and Best practices Building Health professional educational network and associations Miliard Derbew MEPI PI council Chairman Feb 1 4, 2014 Kampala
MEPI PI Council MEPI Background : History 2011 JB Chairpersons JK,NS,EN,JH,MD Objective Achievements
The MEPI Primary awardees The awardees were: University of Botswana, Botswana Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana University of Nairobi, Kenya University of Malawi College of Medicine, Malawi Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique University of Ibadan, Nigeria University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Stellenbosch University, South Africa Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Tanzania Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Uganda University of Zambia, Zambia University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe MEPI Coordinating Center George Washington University, United States, and the African Center for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST), Uganda
Thirteen Primary African universities Twenty nine African consortia Universities Over twenty US based universities Each with different areas of collaboration
MEPI five themes Increasing the numbers and improving the quality of graduates Promoting retention of graduates where they are most needed Improving capacity for regionally relevant research Building communities of practice within Africa and globally Ensuring sustainability
8 thematic technical working groups E Learning Community Based Education Competency Based Medical Education Monitoring and Evaluation Graduate Tracking Library and Information Sciences Medical Education Research Research Support Centers
Lessons Learned The direct award of the MEPI grants to African institutions :empowering grantees and leads to greater ownership and sustainability. Partnering between schools North South, South South, and especially within countries MEPI has stimulated educational capacity development MEPI led curriculum improvements have emphasized HIV education pandemic on the African continent. MEPI led improvements in teaching and learning, Rural training and decentralized community based education has provided transformative learning opportunities that are improving prospects for retention in rural and underserved areas.
Lessons Learned MEPI has assisted many participating schools to expand their research programs Research training and research opportunities have proven important factors in building medical school faculties and in retaining graduates on faculty. Engagement with national governments and the university leadership is critical to the attainment and sustainability of the achievements of MEPI.
The NEW Expanded M.PIs Council Physiotherapy / Rehabilitation 1 Nurse 5 Public Health 2 Pathology 1 Pharmacy 2 Dentistry 1 Laboratory Medicine 1
Recommendations maintain and expand the gains that have been achieved with the support of MEPI. That other health professions schools be invited to join an expanded PI That the PI Council, establish a secretariat funded as an integral component of the expanded PI Council That the expanded PI Council, together with partners, take the initiative to disseminate widely the experiences and lessons learned from MEPI and link them with other initiatives within their respective countries, sub regions, development partners
Recommendations That PEPFAR, NIH and other agencies of the US government take full advantage of the PIs Council s competencies in global health security. MEPI s evaluation can shed light on effective ways to integrate and sustain other large scale collaborative efforts of this nature. Maintaining, and strengthening domestic, regional, and international partnerships, including north south and south south partnerships, continue, so that MEPI s innovations and achievements are recognized and integrated into national and international funding priorities. MEPI Technical Working Groups to building thematic communities of practice, support for the Technical Working Groups should be maintained, either through the auspices of the PI Council or as separate entities.