ACHEST AT THE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATION CONFERENCE 2021
The ACHEST Director of Health Workforce and Development , Dr. Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde was one of the speakers at the two-day health Profession's Education Conference in Kampala on 27th – 28 May 2021.
The conference was under the theme; "Transforming Health Professions Education in the 21st Century: From Theory to Practice".
The Conference was organized by the Eastern Africa Health Professions Educators' Association (EAHPEA), and the Health Professions Education Partnership Initiative (HEPI) which is co-hosted by the College of Health Sciences, Makerere University.
The goal of the HEPI, which started in August 2018, is to improve service delivery of the Ugandan health system through strengthened interdisciplinary health professional education and research training to produce graduates with competencies to address the priority health needs
of the population.
HEPI has seen the birth of “Health Professions Education and training for Strengthening
the Health System and Services in Uganda(HEPI-SHSSU).” The innovation
is implemented by a partnership between ACHEST, Makerere College of Health Sciences, Busitema University School of Health Sciences, Kabale University School of Medicine, Clarke International University, Mulago School of Nursing and Midwifery, Yale University and John Hopkins University.