eHealth 12 week compensated internship with Global Health Fellows Program II
Global Health Fellows Program II
eHealth Intern
Office of Health Systems, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC
Location: Washington, DC
October 1, 2013 – December 24, 2013: Compensated 12 Week Internship
The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in partnership with CDC Development Solutions and Management Systems International. GHFP-II is supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
GHFP-II’s goal is to improve the effectiveness of USAID health programs by addressing the Agency’s immediate and emerging human capacity needs. The program seeks to accomplish this goal first through the recruitment, placement and support of diverse health professionals at the junior, mid and senior levels. These program participants include fellows, interns, corporate volunteers and Foreign Service National professionals. The program then provides substantial performance management and career development support to participants, including annual working planning assistance, and ensures that professional development opportunities are available.
Looking to the future, GHFP-II also seeks to establish a pool of highly-qualified global health professionals that will ensure the Agency’s ongoing technical leadership and effectiveness. This objective is supported by an extensive outreach program that brings global health opportunities and specialized career advice to a diverse range of interested individuals, with a particular focus on those underrepresented in the field of global health.
INTRODUCTION:
The Office of Health Systems in the Bureau for Global Health works across the Agency’s entire portfolio of global health and is responsible for technical leadership and direction in health systems strengthening. The Office focuses its efforts on health policy and governance, quality assurance, workforce policy, pharmaceutical management, information systems, health promotion and eHealth. Furthermore, the Office has primary responsibility for leading the Agency’s efforts related to health systems strengthening.
The Intern will support the Office of Health Systems’ eHealth Coordinator. S/he will assist in the coordination of eHealth/mHealth activities across the Bureau, and will provide direct support for eHealth/mHealth in the context of health systems strengthening. For the purposes of this position description only, “eHealth” is defined as the use of digital information and communications technologies for health (e.g., tags, sensors, sim cards, phones, tablets, laptops, desktops, servers). “mHealth” is a subset of eHealth and is defined as the use of “post-PC,” highly mobile information and communications technologies for health (i.e., tags, sensors, sim cards, phones and tablets, but not laptops, desktops and servers).
LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
- Gain an understanding of the important role of eHealth/mHealth as a means for improving access, quality, affordability, sustainability and efficiency within health systems.
- Gain an understanding of the ways in which eHealth/mHealth can help achieve the goals of Universal Health Coverage.
- Gain experience in establishing an enabling environment for eHealth/mHealth at the global and country level (e.g. eHealth/mHealth evidence, interoperability, country ownership and financing).
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist in assembling the literature on eHealth/mHealth for health systems strengthening in support of Universal Health Coverage.
- Assist in the preparations for a large-scale meeting on “e/mHealth for Improving the Performance of Facility-based Health Providers.”
- Interns with the following backgrounds may be assigned additional tasks appropriate to their training and experience:
- Information technology: interoperability curriculum, open source policies, host country procurement toolbox, liaising with the developer/hacker community
- Economics or finance: mobile money (electronic payments) for health finance – use cases, development of an online community, review of Community Health Workers as mobile money agents
- Clinical medicine: eHealth/mHealth in support of performance improvement, including electronic health information systems (e.g., electronic medical records), mobile clinical decision support tools, and mobile job aids
- Policy and governance: eHealth/mHealth policies and standards, host country capacity strengthening
- Other tasks or responsibilities may be assigned based on organizational and programming need.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- US Citizenship is required.
- Enrolled in, or a *recent graduate of, a master’s program in a health- or IT-related field.
- Experience in an eHealth/mHealth/health IT setting, domestic or international is strongly preferred.
* ‘Recent graduate’ is defined as obtaining his/her degree no more than one year prior to the internship anticipated start time.
To Apply: Detailed information, including an online application and instructions, is available on our website at www.ghfp.net. All applications
