eCourse in Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Program
Course ID
HGU017
Campus
Hygeia
Level
Distance / E-Learning Programs
Semester
2020
Method
Online
Duration
6 Months
This course aims to strengthen the capacity and update current knowledge about M&E of professional working in the field of public health globally. By the end of this course, participants/ professionals will be able to:
Develop a monitoring and evaluation plan for a public health program;
Describe the role of monitoring and evaluation in the design of public health programs
Formulate a conceptual framework on how the program or intervention will lead to specific health outcomes and impact, when given a set of health program objectives and activities
Describe the elements (inputs, processes, outputs, outcomes) that provide the context for monitoring and evaluation activities
Describe the types of monitoring systems, sources of data, and their uses
Develop program indicators based on an understanding of program-specific criteria
Describe evaluation designs and their relative strengths and weaknesses; and Discuss the issues involved in measuring program impact.
Entry requirements
Applicants with graduate/ post-graduate qualifications with relevant understanding of public health
Selection Process
Selection on the basis of their academic, personal, relevant graduation subjects and extracurricular abilities.
Course structure and modules
The curriculum will cover the broad content areas of Monitoring and Evaluation including: Introduction to M&E, Overview of M&E Plans, Frameworks and indicators, Gender integration in M&E, Information sources and systems, Routine and non-routine data, Data demand and information use, and Evaluation designs. The course will enable participants to develop M&E Plan for any public health program in a stepwise manner.
Employment Sectors
Laboratories, Nursing Homes, Hospitals, Biomedical Companies, Health Centres, Biotechnology Companies, Pharmaceutical Companies, NGO, Public Health Sector, International Developmental Organisations
