UPCN Open Learning

Course Description

NurseLEAD is a postgraduate course on advanced practice in public health nursing that aims to strengthen nurse competencies in leading and managing primary care services and population-based programs, and fostering interprofessional education and collaborative practice.

Course Outcomes

 At the end of the course, the learner is expected to:

1. Demonstrate leadership skills in the delivery of primary care health services and population-based health programs.
2. Show collaboration and partnership with relevant stakeholders and agencies in the management/delivery of primary health care services and population-based health programs.
3. Demonstrate competencies in managing/ delivering primary care health services and population-based health programs.
4. Apply learned competencies in leadership, management and collaborative practice in addressing challenges in the health system.

This course offered by the UP College of Nursing and supported by Johnson & Johnson Foundation aims to respond to the increasing demand for public health nurses with advanced skills in leading and managing the implementation of health care services. This would redound to strengthening of primary and community-based health systems.

This course offered by the UP College of Nursing and supported by Johnson & Johnson Foundation aims to respond to the increasing demand for public health nurses with advanced skills in leading and managing the implementation of health care services. This would redound to strengthening of primary and community-based health systems.

Local government units in the Philippines have been tasked to conduct contact tracing to help the Department of Health break the chains of transmission of COVID-19.  This training is intended for local government units on how to implement contact tracing for COVID-19 cases in their areas.

This basic course is developed by the Epidemiology Bureau of the Department of Health, World Health Organization Representative Office to the Philippines, and the University of the Philippines College of Nursing.

Course Description
This course aims to enhance public health nursing competencies in areas essential to health systems strengthening: health systems delivery, health financing, health regulation, health governance, health information systems, and the management of human resources for health. This will enable the nurse to take on the role of leader, manager, advocate, and care provider of various clientele in primary care facilities while utilizing a primary health care approach and in the implementation of universal health care. At the local health systems level, be it provincial or city-wide, this course will train public health nurses as primary care facility managers who are capable of managerial, technical, and financial integration.

Program Outcomes
At the end of the course, the learner is expected to:

1. Direct the provision of safe and quality health care and nursing service through Universal Health Care and Primary Care; 

2. Manage the implementation and evaluation of individual and population-based health services based on assessed needs of the community with emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion; 

3. Initiate collaboration and partnership with other health care providers, stakeholders, facilities and agencies towards creating an efficient and effective delivery of public health services within a health care provider network; 

4. Develop relevant health policies that address priority health problems based on assessed needs of the community; 

5. Manage public health programs and services including social health insurance programs to ensure equitable and universal access to health care; 

6. Ensure continuous quality improvement of health services and facilities to enhance the integration of local health systems; 

7. Supervise health human resource ensuring adequate skill mix and competencies of health workers, especially primary care workers; and 

8. Apply principles and best practices in health informatics to ensure efficient data management and information systems. 

This online course aims to develop the capacity of public health workers involved in caring for older persons in primary health care settings to ensure an understanding of the health and social needs of older persons and provide care for them in primary health care settings.  

Target Learners

The course has been specifically designed for public health workers, including doctors, nurses, midwives, and other allied health professionals involved in caring for older persons.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, the learner is expected to:

1. Discuss aging and related concepts in understanding Filipino older persons
2. Demonstrate care of older persons, including health promotion, managing geriatric syndromes, and performing geriatric screening
3. Promote age-friendly healthcare setting through patient-centered and integrated care for older persons

Welcome to an e-Learning Course on Mental Health Gap Action Program - Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) for Nurse Educators! 

Target Learners:

This online course has been designed for faculty members who teach mental health, neurological and substance use (MNS) conditions in the undergraduate program in Nursing schools.

1. Demonstrate the application of the general principles of clinical care, particularly:

1. the use of effective communication skills; and

2. promotion of respect and dignity

2. Describe the assessment principles and concepts of mental health conditions

3. Discuss management strategies/ interventions for mental health conditions

4. Explain follow-up management of clients with mental health conditions

5. Demonstrate the application of the clinical protocol guidelines for the management of mental health conditions

6. Identify teaching methods and resources for the nurse educator’s delivery of the topic to undergraduate nursing students

The EMBEDDING PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM (EPiC-NP) is specifically designed for nurses to improve their health privacy practices, especially when processing personal data necessary for healthcare delivery. It will provide nurses with a useful aspect of navigating the multifaceted landscape of privacy and its dimensions that they can apply in their professions. 

 It is a 12-week nurse-led intervention program that aims to enhance nurses' health privacy practices by focusing on their knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSA). The course is divided into two parts: 1.) Intensive EPiC-NP Training Course, 2.) EPiC-NP Nurse Application.

The goal of this program is to develop and prepare midwives with the necessary competency and skills to become primary health care workers, enabling the development of local health systems and the provision of primary care according to the health needs and demands of the community.

This public health nursing course includes six competence areas essential to the health systems approach: health systems delivery, health financing, health regulation, health governance, health information systems, and the management of human resources for health. This course will enable the nurse to take on the role of leader, manager, advocate, and care provider of various clientele in primary care facilities as part of the universal health care implementation.