HEALTH[e]FOUNDATION

HEALTH[e]FOUNDATION
Blended Learning to Strengthen Health Care Systems
Fransje van der Waals, MD PhD
October 16, 2010
Health[e]Foundation is all about people
Philosophy of Health[e]Foundation:
building long-term professional relationships
Our unique value proposition is
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To offer blended training programs (on-site workshops
and distance-based learning)
To offer a wide range of training programs on povertyrelated diseases (not only HIV)
To offer e-learning system that users can access on line
and off-line (through a memory stick)
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[e]Education
Blended Learning
• Personal contact is key to effective distance learning
• The software for the training program should be easy and
accecsable also to first time computer users
• The learning modules should be state-of-the-art and
updated yearly
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Blended Learning: a new way of
training
Participants receive
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A launch of the training in their own environment
A program written by the best authors of the world
Ten to twenty modules to finish themselves in three
months
Local technical support from a local representative
Distant theoretical support direct on their computer
within 24 hours
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Blended Learning: a new way of
learning
Participants learn
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in their own environment in their own time and pace
to implement acquired knowledge direct into practice
to discuss complicated cases with fellow participants
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Blended Learning: improving the
work environment
Participants learn
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to collaborate within their hospital as a team
to work together with other hospitals
to mentor and educate others
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Training Programs of Health[e]Foundation
HIV[e]Education 2004
Pediatric HIV[e]Education 2007
Mental Health and HIV[e]Education 2008
TB[e]Education 2009
Community[e]Education 2009
Tele Microbiology[e]Education 2010
Neglected Tropical Diseases and Diarrhea 2010
Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes[e]Education 2010
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Current and Future Languages of Training Programs
HIV[e]Education
Current: English, Portuguese, French, Russian, Thai, Indonesian
and Spanish
Future: Vietnamese
Pediatric HIV[e]Education
Current: English, Portuguese, French, Thai, Spanish
Future: Indonesian, Russian
Mental Health and HIV[e]Education
Current: English, Russian
Future: Portuguese, French, Spanish
TB[e]Education
Current: English, French, Portuguese
Future: Spanish, Indonesian, Thai
Community[e]Education
Current: Dutch, English, Thai
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Where are we active
Russia
Poland 08
China
Caribbean
Senegal
Curacao Suriname
El Salvador 08
Bangladesh09
Gambi
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Mali
India 05
Uganda
Kenya
Rwanda
Tanzania
Cameroon
Cambodi
Thailand04
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Vietnam
Indonesia
Malawi 8
Mozambique
Argentina
South Africa 07
Active countries
Expansion countries
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Increase in program coverage over time
Uganda
Mozambique
India
Netherlands
Uganda
Mozambiqu
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Netherlands
Indonesia
Curacao
Kenya
South Africa
Uganda
Mozambique
Netherlands
Indonesia
Curacao
Kenya
El Salvador
Poland
Russia
Malawi
Cameroon
Thailand
Senegal
Uganda
Netherlands
Curacao
Kenya
Malawi
Cameroon
Bangladesh
Thailand
Senegal
Mozambiqu
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Indonesia
Poland
Russia
Shortage of HCW’s segregates
with HIV/AIDS
Task shifting for early treatment initiation
Task-shifting
Traditional
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General Practitioners
WHO 2007
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Develop treatment plan
Initial cART prescription in patients
with complications
Supervise clinical team(s) at first level
Toxicity management
Evaluate for treatment failure
Manage severe illness and malnutrition
Clinical monitoring
HIV clinical staging
Check TB status
Check pregnancy
Assessment of cART eligibility
Treat opportunistic infections
Therapy adherence preparation and
support
Respond to new signs and symptoms
Referral to specialist in case of
complications, toxicity or treatment
failure
cART prescription refills
Arrange follow-up
Start chronic care including education,
support and prophylaxis
Prevention interventions: basic
prevention and positive prevention
Suspect HIV, test and counsel
Specialists
General Practitioners
Nurses/ other HCWs
Good division of labor between
health care workers
Promotion of Collaborations
Physicians
Clinical Medical Officers
Nurses
Midwives
Counselors
Laboratory Staff
Key is training of each group of professionals
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HIV[e]Education Training Program
Kickoff
Distant
learning
3-day
Workshop
Certification
Continuous
Mentoring
medical
Networking
education
Training Programs of Health[e]Foundation
Three-day Workshop: Key to motivate
people to benefit from e-learning
Certificate: an end point as well as a start
to continue new programs
How do we sustain the learning
environment?
Continuous Medical Education
Future training and support is offered online, within
the participant portal on the website:
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FAQ
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Bulletin boards
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e-Forums
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Conferences
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Program updates
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How do we maintain the social network
of experts ?
How does the day look like?
Morning
Keynotes
Testimonials
Lunch: networking, booths, update you stick
Afternoon
Breakout sessions
Keynote on the future of HIVTB
Certificate and gift
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The People who make Health[e]Foundations programs possible
Amsterdam
Fransje van der Waals
Lieke van Kerkhoven
Esther Erwteman
Debby Heuft
Annemarie van den Heuvel
Margo Caslavka
IT
Gijs Ruitenbeek
Patricia Kalil
Vietnam
Rogier van Doorn
Nguyen Van Dung
Editing
Wendy Smith
Uganda
Nadine Pakker
Hanipha Kakooza
Dorothy Ndoleriire
Kenya
Mozambique
Jeannet Bos
Senegal
Thailand
Maaike Cottering
Annemijn Blok
Reshmie Ramartausingh Curacao/ Carribean
Gonneke Hermanides
Cameroon
Roselyne Toby
The people who make ‘the big Five in HIVTB Care’ possible
Amsterdam
Fransje van der Waals
Editing
Wendy Smith
Uganda
Nadine Pakker
Hanipha Kakooza
Dorothy Ndoleriire
Lieke van Kerkhoven
Esther Erwteman
Debby Heuft
Annemarie van den Heuvel
Margo Caslavka
IT
Gijs Ruitenbeek
Patricia Kalil
Vietnam
Rogier van Doorn
Nguyen Van Dung
Kenya
Mozambique
Jeannet Bos
Senegal
Maaike Cottering
Thailand
Annemijn Blok
Reshmie Ramartausingh
Cameroon
Roselyne Toby
Curacao/ Carribean
Gonneke Hermanides
The people who make ‘the big Five in HIVTB Care’ possible
Uganda
Amsterdam
Nadine Pakker
Hanipha Adrian Kakooza
Dorothy Ndoleriire -Osuna
Rita Namusoke
Prossy Namuleme
Rose Janet Nakaliri
Alice Nakanjako
Carol Olive Namujju
Fransje van der Waals
Annemarie van den Heuvel
Speakers
Nelson Sewankambo
Elly Katabira
Alex Coutinho
Andrew Kambugu
Cissy Kityo
Philippa Musoke
Ceppie Merry
Annet Soobi
Jaap Goudsmit
Yared Kebede Haile
The Sponsors of the Symposium
TIBOTEC
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De Hoge Dennen Holding BV
Stichting Het Groene Woudt