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At the request of the NIH Fogarty International Center, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Board on Global Health convened a workshop just outside Kampala on February 1–4, 2016, to discuss the establishment of a permanent African association for health professions education and research that would build on the achievements of MEPI and NEPI and expand their reach across the continent and the spectrum of health professions. The workshop brought together a diverse group of leaders in health professions education, representing 11 African countries and a range of professions including dentistry, laboratory sciences, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health.
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10 Address Malata, PhD, MScN, is the vice president of International Confederation of Midwives, current principal of Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) in the University of Malawi, and director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice.
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One recommendation already being implemented is the 11 Doreen Mloka, MSc, PhD, is a Medical Education Fellow, the university curriculum chair, and the director of Continuing Education and Professional Development at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania. 12 Pierre Claver Kayumba, BPharm, MSc, PhD, is an associate professor of pharmaceutical technology and deputy dean of the School of Medicine and Pharmacy at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Rwanda.
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, is president of the South African Medical Research Council, a professor of pediatrics in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, and a professor in the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute. 20 Hester Klopper, PhD, MBA, is CEO of the Forum for University Nursing Deans in South Africa (FUNDISA)
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Mloka identified two ways that the association could incorporate research: building research capacity and strengthening education through research on best teaching practices, etc. Supporting health education research as a discipline could be an important role for the association, she said; other participants mentioned this as a major gap in current research.
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Kimaiyo presented some suggestions raised during his group's discussions, including to increase the number of health care workers across professions engaged in high-quality, relevant research; to promote exchange of evidencebased innovations in health professions education and research; to promote collaboration among relevant stakeholders to achieve a common goal for health care worker training/education; and to promote evaluation, standards, and accreditation. Klopper then shared a few potential objectives for the association as mentioned by individual workshop participants in her group.
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Describing how other successful groups, like the Great Neglected Disease Network, were undone by the easy rider problem, ole-MoiYoi emphasized the importance of choosing partnerships carefully, ensuring that there is a shared vision, commitment, and equal footing. Sewankambo described how the organic development of the PI Council led to a strong sense of ownership in MEPI; the governance of the association should instill a sense of ownership.
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initially restricted its members to organizations and has recently created individual memberships. As with individual members, there was some debate about what types of organizations ought to be permitted as members; possibilities mentioned by individual participants included universities, research organizations, and health professions training programs outside of academia (e.g., ministry of health, missionary hospitals)
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Communications As the workshop came to a close, participants discussed how they could communicate the value and role of an association for interprofessional health education and research to groups and individuals not in attendance. Donkor explained that an effective communication strategy requires absolute clarity about the message.
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Gray, South African Medical Research Council; James Hakim, University of Zimbabwe; Isaac Kibwage, University of Nairobi; Address Malata, University of Malawi; Lyn Middleton, Training for Health Equity Network and University of KwaZulu-Natal; and Nelson K Sewankambo, Makerere University.
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