What Will I Learn From this Course?
Managing and maximizing knowledge and continuous learning in global health programs is a development imperative. Global health programs operate with scarce resources, high stakes, and urgent needs for coordination among partners and donors. Knowledge management (KM) provides solutions to these challenges.
Summary
Through a combination of lectures, case studies, presentations, and discussions, this course:
- Introduces participants to KM; behavioral science; and adaptive management principles, processes, and tools and their applicability to the design and implementation of global health efforts.
- Demonstrates, through real-life examples, how KM, behavioral science, and adaptive management principles can be applied to strengthen public health systems and maximize available knowledge to reach public health objectives.
- Emphasizes the importance of culture and equity as drivers of program success.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Explain KM’s role in enhancing organizational performance and improving global health outcomes.
- Apply KM to global health programs using a five-step systematic process.
- Identify the best KM approaches to use in a given public health context.
Students will also join a global network of alumni who share experiences and resources related to using the learned KM practices in their work.