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The Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI): innovations in nursing and midwifery education

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dc.contributor.author Middleton, Lyn
dc.contributor.author Howard, Andrea A.
dc.contributor.author Dohrn, Jennifer
dc.contributor.author Zinkernagel, Deborah Von
dc.contributor.author Hopson, Deborah Parham
dc.contributor.author Aranda-Naranjo, Barbara
dc.contributor.author Hall, Carolyn
dc.contributor.author Malata, Address
dc.contributor.author Bvumbwe, Thokozani
dc.contributor.author Chabela, Adeline
dc.contributor.author Molise, Nthabiseng
dc.contributor.author El-Sadr, Wafaa M.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-07-15T13:34:38Z
dc.date.available 2022-07-15T13:34:38Z
dc.date.issued 2014-08
dc.identifier.citation Middleton, L., Howard, A. A., Dohrn, J., Zinkernagel, D. V., Hopson, D. P., Aranda-Naranjo, B., Hall, C., Malata, A., Bvumbwe, T., Chabela, A., Molise, N. & El-Sadr, W. M. (2014). Academic Medicine, 89(8), S24-S28. https://bit.ly/3s5KQw5 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://bit.ly/3s5KQw5
dc.identifier.uri 192.168.2.8:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/247
dc.description.abstract The nursing and midwifery workforce is key to improving the performance of the health system overall. Health workforce shortages are significantly influenced by the productive capacity of health professions education institutions. Long-standing underinvestment in preservice nursing and midwifery education severely limits the capacity of institutions to educate nurses and midwives in sufficient numbers, and with the necessary clinical skills, for current and anticipated population health needs. The Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI) was established in 2011 by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in response to key capacity-building challenges facing preservice nursing and midwifery education in Sub-Saharan Africa. NEPI has formed partnerships with governments and key stakeholders in Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, and Zambia and supports 19 nursing and midwifery education institutions and 1 nursing council. NEPI has been informed by activities that strengthen education systems, institutions, and organizations as well as faculty capacity building. Ministry of health–led advisory groups were established to provide strategic direction and oversight for the work, fostering intersectoral dialogue and ensuring country ownership and sustainability. Three illustrative examples of innovations at the system, institution, and workforce levels describe approaches for country ownership, for addressing the shortage of highly qualified faculty, and for remedying the inadequate teaching and learning infrastructure. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher AAMC en_US
dc.title The Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI): innovations in nursing and midwifery education en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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