Collective Learning Certificate: Supply Chain for Health

Overview

Several thousands of health workers join the public health system in Low-and Middle-Income countries every year. Out of those, many get roped into public health supply chain without any context specific technical training, which is described as task shifting. Since, most of the public health supply chains in LMICs are still largely donor driven, the organisations find it difficult to develop competencies in those cadres to achieve efficiency in the workplace. There are several training courses on health supply chain available in the market today which are offered in classroom settings or online. However, most of those courses do not consider the contextual learning needs of the candidate or provide them with real-world competencies. 

Currently, there is a push for health professionals to learn supply chain concepts through internationally accredited organisations like APICS, CIPS, CILT etc. However, most of us don’t ask the question of how do we apply the commercial sector concepts in public sector or whether the health professionals are equipped to handle those intensive courses? There is no question about the quality or relevance of the materials in those courses, but students must be fully equipped for the advanced learning on offer.

Moreover, all the professionally accredited courses or other health supply chain courses are mostly beyond the financial reach of most candidates in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. A few who are able to participate, do that with high financial burden, or funded by their organisations. Hence, there remains a demand for a course which competes with the professionally accredited courses on quality of content and are offered in an affordable manner in making it accessible to everyone.

The Collective Learning Certificate Course: Supply Chain for Health combines the internationally accepted supply chain competencies with the public health context, to make it relevant and relatable for public health academics and professionals. It is the first course in the sector, where participants not only learn from the content, but also from their peers through several group and individual networking opportunities.

The course is designed using European Qualifications Framework (EQF: Level 5), and focusses on key competencies at tactical and operational level (from People that Deliver Competency Compendium for Health Supply Chain Management). 

At the end of this course, Learners will be able to:

• Explain the importance of supply chain in a health system and for achieving Universal Health Coverage
• Demonstrate the complexities of a Public Health Supply Chain
• Understand the key concepts, processes and stakeholders in a public health supply chain
• Describe how quantity, cost and quality of products can be managed
• Explain the key functions in making products available to patients
• Understand the supporting functions which enables the supply chain operation, and
• Use the learning in a social environment to develop solutions for supply chain bottlenecks

Who is this course for?

Public Health Professionals with up to 5 years of experience – Pharmacists, Doctors, Nurses, Biomedical Engineers, Frontline Health Workers, Management Staff working in supply chains or health programs.

Healthcare Academics – Graduate or Post graduate students of Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing, Biomedical Engineering who intend to learn about the public health supply chain

Access to the Course

The course begins on 16th November. You can enroll today to save your seat, there are only 50 seats for the first cohort. 

Registration is easy, follow the link below, fill the details, make the payment, and you will receive course details. The course is priced at USD 80, you can receive early bird discount, if you register before 4th November.