The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Innovations and Lessons for Health Professions Training and Research in Africa

MEPI was a $130 million competitively awarded grant by President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) to 13 Medical Schools in 12 Sub-Saharan African countries and a Coordinating Centre (CC). Implementation was led by Principal investigators (PIs) fr...

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Autores principales:	Francis Omaswa, Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde, Peter Donkor, James Hakim, Miliard Derbew, Sarah Baird, Seble Frehywot, Onesmus Wairumbi Gachuno, Steve Kamiza, Isaac Ongubo Kibwage, Alfred Mteta Kien, Yakub Mulla, Fitzhugh Mullan, Jean B. Nachega, Oathokwa Nkomazana, Emilia Noormohamed, Vincent Ojoome, David Olalaye, Sandy Pillay, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Marietjie De Villiers
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2018
Materias:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:41ac14cc5d834d55b13f68594f2579c02021-12-02T07:41:17ZThe Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Innovations and Lessons for Health Professions Training and Research in Africa2214-999610.29024/aogh.8https://doaj.org/article/41ac14cc5d834d55b13f68594f2579c02018-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/8https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996MEPI was a $130 million competitively awarded grant by President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) to 13 Medical Schools in 12 Sub-Saharan African countries and a Coordinating Centre (CC). Implementation was led by Principal investigators (PIs) from the grantee institutions supported by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), NIH and the CC from September, 2010 to August, 2015. The goals were to increase the capacity of the awardees to produce more and better doctors, strengthen locally relevant research, promote retention of the graduates within their countries and ensure sustainability. MEPI ignited excitement and stimulated a broad range of improvements in the grantee schools and countries. Through in-country consortium arrangements African PIs expanded the programme from the 13 grantees to over 60 medical schools in Africa, creating vibrant South–South and South–North partnerships in medical education, and research. Grantees revised curricular to competency based models, created medical education units to upgrade the quality of education and established research support centres to promote institutional and collaborative research. MEPI stimulated the establishment of ten new schools, doubling of the students’ intake, in some schools, a three-fold increase in post graduate student numbers, and faculty expansion and retention. Sustainability of the MEPI innovations was assured by enlisting the support of universities and ministries of education and health in the countries thus enabling integration of the new programs into the regular national budgets. The vibrant MEPI annual symposia are now the largest medical education events in Africa attracting global participation. These symposia and innovations will be carried forward by the successor of MEPI, the African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth). AFREhealth promises to be more inclusive and transformative bringing together other health professionals including nurses, pharmacists, and dentists.</p><p>Francis OmaswaElsie Kiguli-MalwaddePeter DonkorJames HakimMiliard DerbewSarah BairdSeble FrehywotOnesmus Wairumbi GachunoSteve KamizaIsaac Ongubo KibwageAlfred Mteta KienYakub MullaFitzhugh MullanJean B. NachegaOathokwa NkomazanaEmilia NoormohamedVincent OjoomeDavid OlalayeSandy PillayNelson K. SewankamboMarietjie De VilliersUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 84, Iss 1, Pp 160-169 (2018)
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spellingShingle	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Francis Omaswa Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde Peter Donkor James Hakim Miliard Derbew Sarah Baird Seble Frehywot Onesmus Wairumbi Gachuno Steve Kamiza Isaac Ongubo Kibwage Alfred Mteta Kien Yakub Mulla Fitzhugh Mullan Jean B. Nachega Oathokwa Nkomazana Emilia Noormohamed Vincent Ojoome David Olalaye Sandy Pillay Nelson K. Sewankambo Marietjie De Villiers The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Innovations and Lessons for Health Professions Training and Research in Africa
description	MEPI was a $130 million competitively awarded grant by President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) to 13 Medical Schools in 12 Sub-Saharan African countries and a Coordinating Centre (CC). Implementation was led by Principal investigators (PIs) from the grantee institutions supported by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), NIH and the CC from September, 2010 to August, 2015. The goals were to increase the capacity of the awardees to produce more and better doctors, strengthen locally relevant research, promote retention of the graduates within their countries and ensure sustainability. MEPI ignited excitement and stimulated a broad range of improvements in the grantee schools and countries. Through in-country consortium arrangements African PIs expanded the programme from the 13 grantees to over 60 medical schools in Africa, creating vibrant South–South and South–North partnerships in medical education, and research. Grantees revised curricular to competency based models, created medical education units to upgrade the quality of education and established research support centres to promote institutional and collaborative research. MEPI stimulated the establishment of ten new schools, doubling of the students’ intake, in some schools, a three-fold increase in post graduate student numbers, and faculty expansion and retention. Sustainability of the MEPI innovations was assured by enlisting the support of universities and ministries of education and health in the countries thus enabling integration of the new programs into the regular national budgets. The vibrant MEPI annual symposia are now the largest medical education events in Africa attracting global participation. These symposia and innovations will be carried forward by the successor of MEPI, the African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth). AFREhealth promises to be more inclusive and transformative bringing together other health professionals including nurses, pharmacists, and dentists.</p><p>
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author	Francis Omaswa Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde Peter Donkor James Hakim Miliard Derbew Sarah Baird Seble Frehywot Onesmus Wairumbi Gachuno Steve Kamiza Isaac Ongubo Kibwage Alfred Mteta Kien Yakub Mulla Fitzhugh Mullan Jean B. Nachega Oathokwa Nkomazana Emilia Noormohamed Vincent Ojoome David Olalaye Sandy Pillay Nelson K. Sewankambo Marietjie De Villiers
author_facet	Francis Omaswa Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde Peter Donkor James Hakim Miliard Derbew Sarah Baird Seble Frehywot Onesmus Wairumbi Gachuno Steve Kamiza Isaac Ongubo Kibwage Alfred Mteta Kien Yakub Mulla Fitzhugh Mullan Jean B. Nachega Oathokwa Nkomazana Emilia Noormohamed Vincent Ojoome David Olalaye Sandy Pillay Nelson K. Sewankambo Marietjie De Villiers
author_sort	Francis Omaswa
title	The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Innovations and Lessons for Health Professions Training and Research in Africa
title_short	The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Innovations and Lessons for Health Professions Training and Research in Africa
title_full	The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Innovations and Lessons for Health Professions Training and Research in Africa
title_fullStr	The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Innovations and Lessons for Health Professions Training and Research in Africa
title_full_unstemmed	The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Innovations and Lessons for Health Professions Training and Research in Africa
title_sort	medical education partnership initiative (mepi): innovations and lessons for health professions training and research in africa
publisher	Ubiquity Press
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/41ac14cc5d834d55b13f68594f2579c0
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The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Innovations and Lessons for Health Professions Training and Research in Africa

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