Program Overview

Program Overview

The MIDWIZE program is a capacity-building leadership program for public health officials in maternal and child health. It is offered by Karolinska Institutet and is funded by the Swedish Institute.

Program Details

• The program aims to build capacity within the public health sector in the field of reproductive, maternal, and newborn health.
• It offers a creative and innovative approach to build professional competences and confidence for leaders.
• The program is free of charge and is part of the SI Public Sector Innovation Program.

Program Content

The program includes:

• Introductory webinar
• Training package for all participants focusing on the targeted SDGs
• Implementing strategies for quality improvements in health care settings
• Leadership and management within healthcare systems in low- and middle-income settings
• Project: All participants will work with relevant projects, both individually and in teams, addressing concrete challenges identified and defined during the program
• Mentoring will be offered by subject-specific supervisors

Topics Addressed

Some of the topics that will be addressed in the program include:

• What is sustainable health and what are the ways of getting there? Globally, regionally, and nationally in collaboration.
• How can quality of care be sustained and further improved during and after the COVID-19 pandemic?
• How to encourage interdisciplinary multi-professional teamwork and what makes a team a team?
• How to systematically close the gap between what we know and what we do?
• How to utilize evidence-based practices by choosing the right implementation strategies.

Target Group and Previous Participants

• The program will educate officials in government institutions, public health authorities, and public or private hospitals and universities with medical and nursing education in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda.
• In each of the three countries, course participants should select at least one hospital and use the skills from the program to spread the MIDWIZE changes to the new hospital.
• There will be a mixture of participants from governmental institutions, academia, and clinical care.
• In total, 27 participants will be enrolled in the program.

Entry Requirements

You apply by submitting your CV and motivation letter describing how you are relevant to the target group, your background, and motivation for applying.

Selection Criteria

Selection is based on the following criteria:

• Target group and strategic fit
• Management level position and responsibility
• Relevance of your role and support from your employee organisation
• Background and motivation for applying, and utilizing the experience and network after the programme
• The programme will seek to select a diverse group of participants with regards to gender, age, background (professional and personal), country, and roles/responsibility

Program Organisers

The program is led by:

• Helena Lindgren, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet
• Michael Wells, Docent and Associate Professor, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with:
• Dr Joyce Jebet, University of Nairobi, Kenya
• Mariam Namutebi, Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Makerere University, Uganda
• Solomon Hailemeskel, PhD and Lecturer, University of Gondar, Ethiopia

Program Delivery

The program will be delivered on approximately 20% speed, requiring all participants to actively contribute and use around 6-10 hours/week. The program will mainly run online, both through pre-recorded webinars and videos, as well as online interactive real-time workshops and group work. Physical meetings and study visits in each respective country will also be facilitated.