Beyond the Visiting Supervisor: What Works, What's Next?

Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Meridian Rooms
Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC
Contacts for more information:
Marc Luoma, Senior Technical Advisor for Performance Support, at (919) 313-9162 or mluoma@capacityproject.org
Katharine Millonzi, Program Associate, at (919) 313-9158 or kmillonzi@intrahealth.org

Objectives

• Hear from experts from within and outside the international health field on what works in supervision for front-line providers
• Using the evidence and ideas presented by expert panelists as starting material, brainstorm about alternative supervision models and approaches, worthy of in-field trials.

Agenda

9:00 - Welcome
Ann Lion Coleman (USAID/Office of Population and Reproductive Health/Service Delivery Improvement — PRH/SDI) and Laurie Noto Parker (the Capacity Project)

Overview, purpose and agenda for the day
Dr. James McCaffery (the Capacity Project)

Setting the stage: Why is supervision so important?
Dr. James Shelton (USAID/PRH)

Panel 1
Moderator: Lois Schaefer (USAID/PRH/SDI)

9:40 - The visiting supervisor model: What is the evidence?
Marc Luoma (the Capacity Project)

10:00 - Leadership for performance improvement: A new approach for "supervision"
Dr. Joan Galer (MSH)

10:20 - Supervision training: Some lessons from Kenya
Julia Bluestone (JHPIEGO)

11:00 - Working Group 1
Analyze and identify issues and promising practices to inform new approaches.

Panel 2
Moderator: Ann Lion Coleman (USAID/PRH/SDI)

1:00 - Guiding principles for supervising success: A case study from Pizza Hut
Marcia Thomsen (independent private-sector business consultant)

1:30 - U.S. and Western perspectives about and models for supervision in the health professions
Dr. Violet Barkauskas (School of Nursing, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor)

2:00 - Working Group 2
What can we learn from outside of the international public health field to inform new approaches?

3:15 - Key themes from panels and working groups
Dr. James McCaffery, Ann Lion Coleman

3:45 - Concluding remarks/next steps
Laurie Noto Parker

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This CD was produced by IntraHealth International for the Capacity Project and was made possible through support provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The views expressed in this CD do not necessarily reflect the views of IntraHealth International/the Capacity Project, the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.