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Reflective practice: Its place in health system leadership training

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In April this year, colleagues from low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia drew together under the banner of RESYST (a research network aimed at enhancing resilience in health systems) and CHEPSAA, to share ideas and experiences about training for health system leaders and managers. The meeting participants agreed that 'reflective practice' should be a core component of all health system leadership training programmes. They devoted much thought and discussion to the questions of what reflective practice is, how teaching programmes are incorporating the concept and delivering such teaching, and why it should have a place in health system leadership training offerings. This blog provides a few simple ideas to kickstart thinking about reflective practice and its place in health system leadership training.

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Report: Strengthening health policy and systems courses to support health leadership and management development

This report covers a joint RESYST-CHEPSAA workshop that was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 4-6 April 2018. It provides a record of the meeting, which can be useful to others who are thinking about developing their courses to make them more relevant to leaders and managers. It also contains other resources such as useful readings about leadership and management, and descriptions of some of the more interesting facilitation techniques used during the meeting.

Adaptations to Introduction to Health Policy and Systems Research module

Adaptations to CHEPSAA's course Introduction to Health Policy and Systems Research, plus the associated teaching materials. Based on a short course by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and West China Research Centre for Rural Health Development.

Promoting equitable access to health care for households

The case studies present participants with an equity ‘lens’ through which to view the challenges of promoting health system access, focussing attention on households’ experience of illness and health service access with facilitator notes.