Health systems constantly adjust and change. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are learning through that process! When learning does occur, it is by making the link between past actions, the effectiveness of those actions and future action.
Learning is increasingly recognized as an essential foundation for strong health systems and the achievement of health-related goals. While learning has been a key strategy for many health systems in recent decades, further investment in learning in low- and middle-income (LMIC) contexts is needed for those systems to perform optimally.
This course will provide a comprehensive framework and a related set of diverse real-life examples of learning from across regions of the world.
Overall objectives of the course:
- Articulate the value and uses of learning health systems in supporting continuous improvements and strengthening of health systems.
- Explain the components of learning health systems—including levels, loops, and means—and how they manifest and function in practice.
- Describe the benefits of effective learning health systems.
- Describe enablers and barriers to building learning health systems.
- Assess key components and action items necessary to build learning health systems in your own work.
Features
- Animated videos on core concepts and examples
- Reading materials
- Practical case studies
- Knowledge check quizzes
- Certificate of completion
Target audiences
- Individuals interested in furthering learning for themselves and/or the teams, organizations, and systems that they work with and within
- Staff at ministries of health
- Health programme managers
- Staff at other organizations partnering with implementers
- Students (graduate and undergraduate) who are interested in leadership and management skills