1. Integrated Education for Quality

2. Masters in Public Health – Health Systems Improvement Concentration
Khawla Ahmad
A/Assistant Executive Director – Quality Improvement
Hamad Health Care Quality Institute
Clinical Lead – MPH/ HSI Concentration

3. Conflict of interest
I have no financial or material interest in relation to this lecture to declare

4. Overview
Qatar National Vision 2030 aims at transforming Qatar into an advanced country by 2030, capable of sustaining its own development, and provided a framework within which national strategies and implementation plans can be developed
The need to build internal capacity and capability within the healthcare workforce is crucial for long-term sustainability of high-quality care in Qatar.

5. Overview
In 2014, HMC had a vision of creating a regional Master’s program that would support the next generation of experts in the science of health systems improvement.
Hamad Healthcare Quality Institute was nominated to lead this initiative
Negotiations with Qatar University reached a proposal to integrate the improvement science in the Masters in Public Health (MPH) Program.

6. Overview
Need assessment survey was conducted, and the response exceeded all expectations (more than 1000 participants expressed their interest to apply)
The MPH was launched in September 2015; Health Systems Improvement (HSI) track started on 19th September 2016
Two students have graduated so far from this track

7. Core Competencies in Public Health
Curriculum
FIRST YEAR (21 credit hours)
Term
Course Title
Fall
Concepts and Methods of Epidemiology
Concepts and Methods of Biostatistics
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Major Elective
Spring
Research Design and Methods
Foundations of Environmental health
Health Services Management and Leadership
Major Elective  
Total
Core Competencies in Public Health
Common to both tracks

8. Health Systems Improvement track
Curriculum
SECOND YEAR (21 credit hours)
Term
Course Title
Fall
Introduction to quality, risk and safety
Quality, risk and safety methods and tools
Health economics
Practicum (For non-thesis option only)
Thesis (For thesis option only)
Spring
Ethics, law and regulatory issues in health
Introduction to Process Improvement in Health care
Supervised Field Experience
Practicum  (For non-thesis option only)
Thesis (For thesis option only)
Core Competencies in
Health Systems Improvement track

9. Program sustainability
Challenges
Recruiting faculty; persons with clinical qualifications and expertise for full time academic position
Retention of speakers
Logistic support
Students’ readiness variation (selection criteria)
Program sustainability

10. Opportunities
The MPH program at Qatar University, is the only program of its kind. It has 2 tracks: Health Systems Improvement and Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Leadership interest and willingness to support
High demand from the target population

11. Acknowledgment Dr. Abdulatif Alkhal Dr. Asma Al-Thani
Dr. Hanan Abdulrahim
Dr. Farah Abu-Hijleh

12. Thank you

13. Integrated Education for Quality