1. Human Resources for Health Report
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Human Resources for Health Report
Saipan, CNMI March 2017

2. How can we help ourselves?
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42nd PIHOA Meeting Human Resources for Health Workshop
How can we help ourselves?
Nahlap Island, Pohnpei State, FSM 1-2 August 2006

3. PIHOA / Nahlap Island HRH Resolution – August 2006
Develop the Nahlap HRH Action Plan to address HRH challenges and focus on strengthening and developing:
1) the pipeline for the new workforce
2) developing career ladder and bridging training programs
3) management training
4) overall HRH planning
5) partnerships with local institutions for higher learning for delivery of needed accredited curricula
42nd PIHOA Meeting
Human Resources for Health Workshop – How Can We Help
Ourselves?
Nahlap Island, Pohnpei State,
FSM, 1-2 August 2006

4. Human Resources for Health (WHO)
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Human Resources for Health (WHO)

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Working Together for Health, WHO World Health Report, 2006
PIHOA Nahlap Island HRH Action Plan, 2006
Multiple PIHOA Resolutions
Some Health Workforce Development Highlights
HRH Country Plans
Continuing Clinical and Public Health Laboratory Workforce Training
Nurse Training: COM-FSM Nursing Program, Bachelors in Public Health Nursing
(ROP), Nurse Practitioner Training (RMI)
4. Primary Care Office and Community Health Assessment
5. Establishment of Three Formal Public Health Training Programs in FAS
Community Colleges: COM-FSM, PCC, CMI
6. PI Public Health Training Center at COM-FSM: (UAz SPH-PIHOA)
7. Epidemiology Training: The DDMs and YouTube Certificate Programs
8. Human Resources Management Project: American Samoa, FSM, and RMI
9. Pre-med / Pre-Dental Training: Doctors and Dentists for Tomorrow (FSM)
10. Oral Health Training Career Ladder: Penfoster Dental Assistant Program,
Expanded DA Training Program, Dental Hygiene Training, Career Ladder with
Formal Entry into FNU Dental School Career Ladder
11. QA, QI & Performance Management Training and many more

7. Undergraduate Public Health Training in the Freely Associated States
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Undergraduate Public Health Training in the Freely Associated States
Institutions of Higher Learning
College of Micronesia-FSM
Palau Community College
College of the Marshall Islands
Degree or Certificate
ASDPH & Year 3 Certificate (Y3C)
ASDPH: Public & Community Health (PCH)
Certificate in Public Health (CPH)
ACCJC Approved
2009
2012
2014
First Graduation
2011
May 2017
2015
Number of Graduates :
ASDPH & Y3 Certificate - 45
Cohort of 14 students on track to graduate
6 PH Nurses
Types of Students
Undergraduates:
Mostly future workforce
Majority PH workers from Palau MOH
RMI MOH PH Nurses &
CMI Nursing student electives

8. Day 2 – Wednesday, 29 March (OPEN)
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Day 2 – Wednesday, 29 March (OPEN)
Fiesta Hotel
Time
Agenda Item
Presenter/Facilitator
OPEN SESSIONS
8:00 – 8:30am
Morning Coffee and Fruits / Registration for Invited Guests
8:30 – 10:00am
Human Resources for Health (HRH) Initiative
HRH Training Initiatives
HR Management
Doctors and Dentists for Tomorrow (DDFT)
Pacific Basin Public Health Training Center (PBPHTC)
RMI Nurse Practitioner Training Program
Palau Medical Internship Program
Support to PIHOA Affiliate members
Dr. Greg Dever, Regional Human Resources for Health Coordinator, PIHOA
Brian Mangum, DDFT and PBPHTC Faculty, PIHOA Consultant
Holly Lyons, DDFT Faculty, PIHOA Consultant

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Figure 15: Physicians, midwives and nurses per 1000 population in PIC
Source: WHO (2015)

10. Medical Students’ Countries of Origin I-Shou University Medical School
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Medical Students’ Countries of Origin I-Shou University Medical School
Class of 2017 (7):  Palau-2 / Solomon Islands-3 / Marshall Islands-1 /  Kiribati-1 / Swaziland-10 / Guatemala-2 / Gambia-1 / Dominican-1 /  Haiti-1 / St. Vincent -2 / St. Lucia-7 / El Salvador-1
Class of 2018 (10): Solomon Islands-6 / Marshall Island-2 / Kiribati-2 /Paraguay-3 / Swaziland-9 /   Dominican-1 / Honduras-2 / St. Kitts and Nevis-1 / St. Lucia -3
Class of 2019 (13): Solomon Islands-4 / Marshall Islands-5 / Kiribati-3 / Tuvalu-1 /Paraguay-1 / Swaziland-15 Nicaragua-1 / St. Lucia-3
Class of 2020 (10): Solomon Islands-5 / Marshall Islands-3 / Kiritati-1 /Tuvalu-1/ Swaziland-17 / Nicaragua-1 / Honduras-3 / Belize-2 / St. Vincent-1 / St. Lucia-5 / St. Kitts and Nevis-1
Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives E-Da 40 student quota
MOFA provides scholarship to allied countries.
If paying your own way, up to 50. Can’t not include developed nations. Social responsibility…
MOFA ”Friendly Country” definition. Apply but no scholarship.
Thanks to James (TaoQian) Tang, M.D.
E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University

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Medical Internship Training
I-Shou University Medical School (ISUMS), Taiwan
Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina (ELAM), Cuba
UH JABSOM Workshop – August 2016 (ROP, RMI & ISUMS)
FNU Medical Education Workshop – December 2016 in Palau
Palau and RMI to partner with separate Taiwan Hospitals to commence in- country Internship Training Programs starting in summer 2017

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Human Resources Management is defined as the integrated use of procedures, policies and practices to recruit, maintain and develop employees in order for the organization to meet its desired goals.
It has six broad areas:
Human resource capacity
Human resource planning
Personnel policy and practice
Human resource data
Performance management and
Training

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Human Resources Management
HRM Workshops 2011 & 2013
ASTHO-PIHOA HRM Project – 2013
Mentoring Workshops – 2013 in Palau
HRM Coaching & HR Information Systems (HRIS) Training –American Samoa, FSM & RMI
CDC Cooperative Agreement HRM Project – 2016
HRM Workshop 2.0

14. RMI Nurse Practitioner Training Program
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RMI Nurse Practitioner Training Program
Painting by Margaret Leach

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RMI NPTP Schedule

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Regional Professional Organizations
Pacific Basin Medical Association
American Pacific Nursing Leaders Council
Pacific Basin Dental Association
USAPI Association of Laboratories
Northern Pacific Environmental Health Association
USAPI Chief Pharmacists Association

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Items for Board Consideration
Consider a communique to the Heads of Health Meeting to engage partners toward creation of opportunities for broader access to both basic medical education and medical specialty training tailored to the needs of the Pacific Islands Coutries outside of Fiji.

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Thank you
Greg Dever, MD Regional HRH Coordinator, PIHOA