The Role of the Health Sciences Institute by Carlos Tilman

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The role of Institute ofHealth Science

presented by Carlos B. Tilman, MPH Director

General HIS MoH

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The East Timor Institute of Health Sciences (IHS) is apublic institution devoted to the training of nurses and

other health professionals who shall play a fundamentalrole in the development of workforce capacity buildingpolicies guideling under Ministry of Health Timor-Leste.

Vision: IHS aimed to be an international standardinstitution by 2020

Mission: Develop and provide Ministry of Health and theMinistry of Education and Culture of East Timor, andproved D I and D III to students with completed highschoolincluding health professional basic education is working in

the Government and patners.

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According to the legislation, the IHS is responsible for thefollowing attributions:

- Supporting the Ministry of Health in the drafting of theeducation policy and training in the area of health;

- Coordinating and executing non-university education andvocational training in the area of health needs;

- Organising and administering courses in the area of health

both at non-university level and secondary professionaldevelopment level included in the national education system,

- Organising and administering vocational training courses inthe area of health, specialisation, extension and improvement;

- Giving equivalences of health related courses administered byforeign entities to courses of their level of competence;

- Reporting, whenever requested, on the registration processesof health professionals;

- Awarding study grants to its students and exemption of fees;

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Activities made until now...Pre Service Training:Clinical Nursing (6 months)Health Service Leadership and Management for Directors of

Community Health Centers and Deputy Director District HealthServices in Timor- Leste ( 6 months )

Diploma I and Diploma III

Midwifery (1 year up date plus 2 year to complete Diploma III)

Pharmacy (1 year)

Nursing ( 3 year )

Eye care nursing (1 year)# 2 students 1 pharmacy and 1 laboaratory received a scholarship for

3 months study at University in Portugal, returned to Timor- Leste

2008, last year working in Ermera and Liquisa.

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n- erv ce ra n ng) (nationaltraining)

Programa Data

IMCI 447 2 weeks

Health Promotion 33 1 Week

Emviromental Health 24 1 Week

Opthalmology 16 2 Weeks

HIV/AIDS 22 1 Week

Epidemiology 19 2 Week

Senior Management 55 2 Week

Tuberculosis 29 2 Week

Ambulance 71 6 Week

Clinical Nurse 71 6 Months

STID 206 1 Week

Infection Control 94 1 Week

Safe Motherhood 338 2 Week

Management and Leadership ( DirectorCHC )

67 6 Months

Curso Avancado de Formao Cientifica-pedagogica

12 6 Weeks

New Born Care 20 2 Weeks

DADUS TREINAMENTO Nasionais

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Programa Quantity Country Duration

Visited Cooperation 3 Portugal 3 Weeks

Training on Sex & ReproductiveHealth

3 Australia 3 Weeks

Training on CurriculumDevelopment for Midwifery

6 Australia 2 Weeks

Training on HIV/AIDS 2 Thailand 3 weeks

TOT on New Born Care 1 Bangladesh 2 Weeks

Training on Maternal & ChildHealth

1 Bangladesh 2 weeks

Training on Nutrition Program 1 Indonesia 3 Weeks

Workshop on Nursing &Midwifes program

2 Maldivas 1 Week

Training on AmbulanceManagement

1 South Corea 2 weeks

Course attendence 3 Portugal 3 Month

TOT on Child Right of Children 1 Thailand 2 Weeks

Workshop on PMTCT 1 Thailand 2 weeks

Training on EquipmentInstitution

2 China 3 Weeks

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Data of the Superior training

A. Academy of nursing 1. Academic Year 2002/2002 : 32 2. Academic year 2002/2003 : 29

B. Academy of Enviromental Health 1.Academic year 2002/2002 : 16 2. Academic year 2002/2003 : 26

C. Academy of Nutrition 1. Academic year 2002/2002 : 13 2. Academic year 2002/2003 : 8

D. Basic Degree of Nursing

1. Academic year 2000/2001 : 86 2. Academic year 2001/2002 : 96

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Chalenge for this year...IHS will start the implementation of Diploma III curricula for

Nursing and Midwifery22 midwifes with D I update to Diploma III

37 nurses with basic degree on public civil servant

42 candidates from the high school entering the D III Nursing

19 candidates will enter for Pharmacy D I at the high school.* The total number to start implementation 120 person.

All the team is working hard to prepare internal regulations,departments, and council members.

The registration of the candidates already started with sucess(120 students will be selected) base on the work plan IHS.

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Working to the future... Improving the quality of the training with qualified teachers with minimal qualifications of

licenciature / Master (national resources) and master / PhD (international resources)

twining arrangements and the negociation from Would Bank on going.

Development of IHS Human Resourses: scholarships for teachers and staff to the

identified key areas - Teachers. The group of teachers must be strengthened through

agreements signed with other International Universities, which correspond to theobjectives and vision that IHS adopted. These agreements must have into consideration

the various fundamental aspects: IHS group of teachers need to develop its knowledge

to evolve to other academic levels. Therefore, the protocols done with the Universities

must have into account training and academic progress of IHS teachers and

strengthening the IHS group of teachers. This will allow the Institute to be safeguarded

and is able to implement the requested activities normally and according to the highest

scientific criteria. It must be defined a teachers group necessary to ensure the normalactivity of IHS and this number should be always constant. The investment in teacher

training must be accompanied with the necessary replacement of that teacher;

Scholarships for students in the twining universities

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Organize the 1st Scientific Congress of the Health Sciences in Timor-Leste,under the responsibility of IHS (in December 2008)

Launch IHS scientific newsletter, the first scientific newsletter of the Health

Sciences in Timor-Leste (in December 2008)

Implement a Research Area in the IHS with scientific production

Create a Library that would be a reference in Health Sciences in East Timor,open to all the health professionals

Prepare the IHS structure to achieve better quality, in the finance, administrative,logistic, secretarial areas, and with the creation of new departments and councilmembers to complit the struture and guaranted sustentability programs.

Prepare new laboratory and equipment in academic 2009/2010 work plansubmete to Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance to aproved budget request.

Academnic year the plan for student total 200 people diveded for priority needs.

Create the website of the IHS, after first congress health science desember 2008.

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Bilateral collaboration

Portugal: 3 year project (1.10.2007 1.10.2010)

sponsored by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and

Portuguese Cooperation (IPAD) with the support of 2schools - Portuguese Red Cross Health College and

Lisbon Health Technology College (614.623 EUR is

expected for the 3 years )

Technical Assistance in the IHS to give all thesupport that is needed in scientific, academic,

administrative, library, and others areas;

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Budget to buy books for reinforcing the library assets;

Budget to buy adequate laboratory materials;Scholarships for teachers and staff (3 for 3 months/year)

and students (2 for 3 months/year)

Portuguese missions in the IHS for training and support for 2months/year

Support on the creation of the web site

Support to launch the IHS magazine

Support to organize the Scientific Event of the IHS

Implementation of the midwifery curricula: responsibility of

the 3 modules of the 8 modules that constitute the curriculawith Masters and PhD qualifications in the specific areas

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Protocols...

UNTL National University of East Timor on going

Australia: University of New South Wales the

research centre project on going for 2 years.

Indonesia : Protocols made between the Ministry of

Health of East-Timor and several indonesian

universities, like University Indonesian UI- University

Gadjah Mada UGM (University Padjajaran UNPAD-

and consorstium

Portugal Universities also Australia University priority)

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The IHS is working

with Portuguese,Australian

and Indonesianuniversities

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What do we need Qualified staff for administrative, finance, logistic, library, IT and other departments support

More scientific books for varies languages, Portuguese, Spanish, English also Indonesianbooks;

LABORATORY - this is one of the highest priorities of the IHS a proper lab equipped withthe neccessary materials, and more room for education in laboratory system at IHS.

Scholarships for teachers and staff to improve the academic qualty and guaranted

qualification standards in future.

International teachers with high academic and clinical qualifications to give the right supportto the IHS in its first experience of D III implementation, and sustainable progress.

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