Monroe-Wise Aliza, Mashalla Yohana, O'Malley Gabrielle, Nathanson Neal, Seloilwe Esther, Gachuno Onesmus, Odero Theresa, Nakanjako Damalie, Sewankambo Nelson, Tarimo Edith, Urassa David, Manabe Yukari C, Chapman Susan, Voss Joachim G, Wasserheit Judith, Farquhar Carey
Departments of Medicine and Global Health, University of Washington, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359909, Seattle, WA, 98104-2499, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.
BMC Med Educ. 2016 Sep 19;16(1):241. doi: 10.1186/s12909-016-0750-x.
Effective leadership is a cornerstone of successful healthcare delivery in resource limited settings throughout the world. However, few programs in Africa prepare healthcare professionals with the leadership skills vital to the success of the healthcare systems in which they work. One such program, the Afya Bora Consortium Fellowship in Global Health Leadership, has been training health professionals since 2011. The purpose of this study was to assess what career changes, if any, the Afya Bora Fellowship's alumni have experienced since completing the fellowship, and to describe those changes.
The Afya Bora Fellowship is a multidisciplinary, one-year training program that teaches health professionals leadership skills through didactic and experiential learning in four African countries. Between January 2011 and June 2013 the consortium trained 42 nurses and doctors. In November 2013, an electronic survey was sent to all alumni to assess their performance in the workplace post-fellowship.
Thirty-one (74 %) of 42 alumni completed surveys. Twenty-one (68 %) reported changes to their position at work; of those, sixteen (76 %) believed the change was due to participation in the fellowship. All alumni reported improved performance at work, and cited the application of a wide range of fellowship skills, including leadership, research, communication, and mentoring. Twenty-six (84 %) alumni spearheaded improvements in their workplaces and almost all (97 %) remained in contact with colleagues from the fellowship. Among the respondents there were five publications, nine manuscripts in preparation, and three international conference presentations.
Afya Bora alumni overwhelmingly reported that the one year fellowship positively influenced both their work and career trajectory. Training health professionals in leadership skills through didactic modules with the opportunity to apply learned skills at attachment sites in the Afya Bora Fellowship has an impact on performance in the workplace and the potential to improve long-term institutional capacity.
有效的领导力是全球资源有限地区成功提供医疗服务的基石。然而，非洲很少有项目培养医疗专业人员具备对其工作所在医疗系统的成功至关重要的领导技能。“阿菲亚·博拉全球健康领导力联盟奖学金项目”就是这样一个项目，自2011年以来一直在培训卫生专业人员。本研究的目的是评估阿菲亚·博拉奖学金项目的校友自完成奖学金项目后经历了哪些职业变化（如有），并描述这些变化。
阿菲亚·博拉奖学金项目是一个多学科的为期一年的培训项目，通过在四个非洲国家的理论教学和实践学习，教授卫生专业人员领导技能。2011年1月至2013年6月，该联盟培训了42名护士和医生。2013年11月，向所有校友发送了一份电子调查问卷，以评估他们在完成奖学金项目后的工作表现。
42名校友中有31名（74%）完成了调查。21名（68%）报告工作岗位有变化；其中16名（76%）认为这种变化是由于参加了奖学金项目。所有校友都报告工作表现有所提高，并列举了一系列奖学金项目技能的应用，包括领导力、研究、沟通和指导。26名（84%）校友在工作场所带头进行改进，几乎所有校友（97%）仍与奖学金项目的同事保持联系。在受访者中，有5篇出版物、9篇正在撰写的手稿和3次国际会议报告。
阿菲亚·博拉奖学金项目的校友绝大多数报告称，为期一年的奖学金项目对他们的工作和职业轨迹产生了积极影响。通过理论教学模块培训卫生专业人员领导技能，并让他们有机会在阿菲亚·博拉奖学金项目的实习地点应用所学技能，对工作场所的表现有影响，并有可能提高长期机构能力。
