Access to Outpatient Care Programme

About the Course

The MSF Academy for Healthcare is an intersectional training initiative that focuses on strengthening the skills and competencies of healthcare workers in MSF projects, with the will to have a long-term impact on the quality of care in the countries where MSF intervenes. It does so by developing and providing specific work-based learning programmes to medical and paramedical workers in the targeted health structures. 

The Outpatient Care (OPD) Initiative aims at strengthening the competencies and skills of consultations providers in patient assessment, clinical reasoning and clinical decision-making, using a person-centered model of care, with the goal of improving the quality of outpatient consultations in MSF projects. 

Target audience

This course is for healthcare professionals providing consultations who wish to improve their skills and competencies in clinical reasoning and decision-making, using a person-centred model of care. 

Learning Approach 

This online course is organized following a syndromic approach: after an introduction of key elements for a good quality consultation, you will work through different clinical scenarios commonly seen in general outpatient settings in primary care. 

This course can be taken following 2 different modalities: 

  • self-paced learning: in this case, you will complete the 9 modules in your own time and will receive automatic feedback on your quizzes and assignments. 
  • blended learning, if you are currently working at one of the selected Health Centers. In this case, you will also be participating in a face-to-face clinical mentoring programme and your clinical mentor will provide feedback on your assignments. 

Enrolment

For self-paced course you can self-enroll accessing this course and clicking on the programme link available.

If you are working in one of the Health Centers selected for the blended learning programme, you will be automatically enrolled by the training responsible.

Duration 

To complete the self-paced course you will be expected to spend approximately 44 hours of learning 

To complete the blended learning programme you will be expected to spend approximately 44 hours of learning and 10 hours of clinical mentoring. 

Certification

If you enroll according to the self-paced modality, you will be receiving a badge for each completed module.

If you complete the blended learning programme, you will obtain a certificate when you obtain the passing grade in all the mentored activities available in each module.

Target Audience

Health care workers who provide outpatient consultations at primary healthcare level.