3. Education

WHO Strategic Direction Education: Midwife and nurse graduates match or surpass health system demand and have the requisite knowledge, competencies and attitudes to meet national health priorities including regulation, quality standards and alignment with population health needs.

An imperative element of education is building the capacity of educators and the facilities they use, allowing them to- carry out nursing and midwifery education with sustainable and ongoing program delivery.

The Centre collaborates with in-country organisations to assess emerging skill needs and gaps that must be addressed within healthcare workers. These assessments ensure that the development of baseline training and education courses are in line with the country’s needs, enabling practitioners to offer the highest possible level of care.

Our work aligns with the current policy priorities, which are to:

  1. Align the levels of nursing and midwifery education with optimised roles within the health and academic systems.
  2. Optimize the domestic production of midwives and nurses to meet or surpass health system demand.
  3. Design education programmes to be competency-based, apply effective learning design, meet quality standards, and align with population health needs.
  4. Ensure the faculty are properly trained in the best pedagogical methods and technologies, with demonstrated clinical expertise in content areas.

The WHO CC UTS acknowledges use of key language from the WHO's Strategic Directions for Nurses and Midwives 2021- 2025 Document.

Strengthening Health Workforce Education in PNG
Date: 4th August, 2021 - 2024
WHO CC Involvement: Michele Rumsey, Di Brown, Ali Moloney, Amanda Neill, Tasnuva Tisha, Kerri Gianesi, Tasmin Goldsmith

Pacific Head of Nursing and Midwifery Meetings
Date: 25th November, 2021

Scoping study: Improving the quality of nursing and midwifery education and regulation in Pacific Island countries and areas
Date: August, 2020 - December, 2020
WHO CC Involvement: Professor Di Brown, Michele Rumsey, Tasnuva Tisha

 
 
Date: 2018 Ongoing 
WHO CC involvement:  Professor Di Brown, Professor Linette Lock
 
Scaling-up nursing through global nursing/midwifery faculty development
Date: Ongoing
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Professor John Daly, Jodi Thiessen
 
Regulatory Taskforce 
Date: 2014
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Amanda Neill
 
Regulation Support to PNG 
Date: Ongoing
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey
 
Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.