Improved supervision and teamwork Sample Clauses

Improved supervision and teamwork. For all partners participating in the institutional assessments, standards related to supervision and teamwork were ranked as second weakest after client-centered care. Feedback from partners during the Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Workshop validated the lack of standardized supervision systems in the target districts. Therefore, improving supervision will also be treated as a high priority, linked thoroughly to other aspects of quality assurance such as client-centered care. Strategies designed to achieve this result will include the existing checklist and other tools to make them more useful for supervisors and supervisees in their daily activities. A current pilot program will be further explored using ‘parent’ sub districts to mentor others identified as weak in supervision; this approach will be tested to address the limited supervisory capacity and lack of teamwork at the sub district level. On a daily basis, the role of the ‘parents’ basically plays out as that of a facilitator and in ensuring that appraisal and reporting deadlines are met. Toward this end, some supervisors at the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop expressed that a key incentive/motivator is the existence of an ‘interested’ (higher-up) party on the receiving end of the reports and information generated and gathered by supervisors. “People feel responsible for timely reporting and want to be compliant.” (Sister Xxxxxxxxx, District Hospital Administrator, NCS, Wassa Amenfi District). At mid-year, this program will be evaluated; this will enable the project partnership to learn more about its utility. A key strategy for GHANAQ will be to seek out and remove barriers to effective supervision, such as the lack of reliable transportation.