Unit Code: HSM707

Unit Name: Monitoring and Evaluation in Health

Description: Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) is an important management function in today’s business, Non-Governmental Organizations and government landscape. Monitoring and Evaluation systems essentially focus on the tracking and evaluation of organisational performance. Governments, as well as business managers are increasingly challenged to provide evidence for whether their projects or policies are achieving clearly defined outcomes and impacts. Monitoring and Evaluation systems provide feedback on the actual outcomes and goals of government programmes and projects.

Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, the students will be able to: 1. Distinguish between process, outcome, and impact level evaluations 2. Outline the barriers to evaluation 3. Describe the four stages in an M&E system 4. Develop a framework that links project activities to outcomes and impacts (goals) 5. Develop indicators that effectively identify progress toward project outcomes 6. Develop a system to collect and compile data 7. Design a monitoring and evaluation work plan

Prerequisite: HSM603

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1