PSPHP will be one of the site facilitators for the 2025 run of University of Washington's Monitoring and Evaluation for Global Health Professional Course.
Register in the University of Washington website here and choose "Philippine Society of Public Health Physicians" as your site facilitator.
Want to harness the power of data to improve your public health program? Improve your understanding of the necessary tools to develop and implement M&E frameworks for their global health programs, a critical element of any successful health program.
This course teaches you how to systematically collect, analyze, and apply data to real-world challenges. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is a critical element of any successful health program. M&E enables programs to track and demonstrate progress, as well as diagnose programs to enable better results. Participants who complete this course come away with improved understanding of the necessary tools to develop and implement M&E frameworks for their global health programs.
Through practical case studies, interactive activities, and real-world insights from M&E experts in global health, you’ll gain a comprehensive approach to designing M&E plans for diverse health settings. Course topics include M&E models and frameworks, indicators, design and deployment of M&E plans, quantitative and qualitative data collection, data verification methods, M&E assessment designs, and ethical considerations. By the end of this course, participants will have the tools to develop an M&E framework tailored to the needs of their particular health program and the knowledge to apply it rigorously in field settings.
Format
Participants watch video lectures, complete case studies, quizzes, practical assignments, and readings, and post in discussion forums. This is equivalent to a graduate-level course.
You can participate in this course as an independent participant or as part of a site with 5 or more people. Participating as a site group provides a forum for discussing course concepts and applying them to local context and customs. If you are participating independently, the online discussion boards provide a forum for these types of discussion.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Define and distinguish between monitoring and evaluation.
- Develop a program logic model to communicate an evidence-based program theory.
- Develop an M&E plan to track progress of program activities toward objectives and assess program effectiveness.
- Develop quantitative and qualitative indicators and targets for an M&E plan.
- Use relevant qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods to track and evaluate program progress.
- Identify the qualities of effective qualitative and quantitative data collection tools.
- Describe how program data can be used for decision-making.
- Apply ethical guidelines for data collection and reporting.
How to Register
PSPHP's site facilitators will be the following:
- PSPHP Deputy Secretary-General Jana Deborah Mier-Alpaño
- PSPHP Deputy Secretary-General Alberto Ong Jr.
Enrollment to the course should be done in University of Washington website. Click here to enrol, and choose "Philippine Society of Public Health Physicians" as your site. Payment of registration fee will be after the registration period, through PSPHP (wait for an email from PSPHP for instructions). Payment of registration fee may be required prior to securing a slot to the course. PSPHP reserves the right to select the students for the cohort, including prioritization of its members, and therefore registration to University's website does not guarantee a place in the course. PSPHP will admit 50 or 100 students only for this course, depending on the slots available.
Enrolment is from November 5 to December 5, 2024. Registration fees are the following:
- PSPHP member: PhP 3,500
- Non-PSPHP member: PhP 4,000
Students who successfully complete the course and the requirements will receive a physical copy of their Certificate of Completion, sent by the University of Washington through PSPHP.
Join PSPHP and be part of the professional community of public health physicians and professionals. Open to non-physicians too. PSPHP members enjoy priority and discounts to its events, including this course offering. To join or to know more the benefits of PSPHP membership, click here.
PSPHP is the Philippine representative to the World Federation of Public Health Association, and an affiliate society of Philippine Medical Association.