"Introduction to Healthcare PPPs" is a six-session course designed to help participants understand how public-private partnerships (PPPs) can be used to confront the most significant healthcare challenges of our time, including non-communicable diseases, aging populations, and Covid-19. Due to the large scale of these challenges, it has become increasingly clear that neither governments nor the private sector has the resources to address them alone. By exploring the preparation, engagement, and value creation associated with effective partnerships-focusing on six key skills and six key frameworks-participants will learn how cross-sector, multi-stakeholder partnerships can be used to combine the strongest elements of public- and private-sector capacity to address large-scale healthcare challenges.
Developed by Professor Alan M. Trager of the PPP Initiative, an independent entity that facilitates the development of public-private partnerships through education, the course is rooted in more than 17 years of experience in PPP teaching and research.69 The course takes as its core curriculum the Healthcare PPP Guide, a brand-new 135-page primer in PPP design and management supported by significant high-level government and multilateral partners. Case studies form the backbone of the Guide, and will be used to illustrate the wide spectrum of situations and challenges associated with PPPs. Using eleven case studies spanning six countries on three continents, students will learn about the successes and failures of various PPP and non-PPP projects, and gain hands-on experience with the decision-making processes that separate successful PPPs from unsuccessful ones.
In addition to lectures and participatory Q&A sessions led by Professor Trager, a set of two hands-on group projects will be facilitated by Professor Kee Seng Chia, Founding Dean of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. Projects will focus on one of two Singapore-specific case studies-those of the Health Promotion Board and the National Kidney Foundation-which will make clear the relevance of the program's key concepts to Singapore's unique policy challenges.
The workshop will take place over six sessions during two consecutive weeks. Each session will include a one-hour lecture and Q&A session, followed by a two-hour group work session. Participants will be divided into three working groups, each of which will include representatives from the public and private sectors. Group projects will be presented to Professors Chia and Trager jointly at the end of each week. Sessions will take place at 8AM SGT (8PM EST), and will be conducted using Zoom. Participants are encouraged to keep their video cameras on for the duration of the sessions, as a means of replicating as closely as possible an in-person participatory workshop environment.
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