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Perrone LA, Confer D, Scott E, Livingston L, Bradburn C, McGee A, Furtwangler T, Downer A, Mokdad AH, Flandin JF, Shotorbani S, Asghar H, Tolbah HE, Ahmed HJ, Alwan A, Martin R. Implementation of a mentored professional development programme in laboratory leadership and management in the Middle East and North Africa. East Mediterr Health J 2017; 22:832-839. [PMID: 28177114 DOI: 10.26719/2016.22.11.832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Laboratories need leaders who can effectively utilize the laboratories' resources, maximize the laboratories'capacity to detect disease, and advocate for laboratories in a fluctuating health care environment. To address this need, the University of Washington, USA, created the Certificate Program in Laboratory Leadership and Management in partnership with WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, and implemented it with 17 participants and 11 mentors from clinical and public health laboratories in 10 countries (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen) in 2014. Designed to teach leadership and management skills to laboratory supervisors, the programme enabled participants to improve laboratory testing quality and operations. The programme was successful overall, with 80% of participants completing it and making impactful changes in their laboratories. This success is encouraging and could serve as a model to further strengthen laboratory capacity in the Region.
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Affiliation(s)
- L A Perrone
- International Training and Education Center for Health, Department of Global Health, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
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- International Training and Education Center for Health, Department of Global Health, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
| | - E Scott
- International Training and Education Center for Health, Department of Global Health, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
| | - L Livingston
- Interactive Outcomes LLC, Seattle, United States of America
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- International Training and Education Center for Health, Department of Global Health, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
| | - A McGee
- International Training and Education Center for Health, Department of Global Health, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
| | - T Furtwangler
- International Training and Education Center for Health, Department of Global Health, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
| | - A Downer
- International Training and Education Center for Health, Department of Global Health, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
| | - A H Mokdad
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
| | - J F Flandin
- International Training and Education Center for Health, Department of Global Health, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
| | - S Shotorbani
- International Training and Education Center for Health, Department of Global Health, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
| | - H Asghar
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
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- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
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- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
| | - A Alwan
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
| | - R Martin
- International Training and Education Center for Health, Department of Global Health, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
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