Developing Plans for Change

Chapter 5 presents a semi-structured plan for each work group to produce one system intervention plan (SIP) for their country. Taking the components of their health system, its underlying system problems, and their formulation of its vision and goals, the students individually and then in their small group take a stab at identifying gaps and constructing a system improvement plan. This chapter will present various techniques and exercises to help students come up with interventions that work. The process of idea-generating is designed to generate a solution to fix one or more of their chosen system performance gaps. The students’ work product is to agree on and propose one intervention to achieve the goals, objectives, and targets they have selected for their chosen country in Chapter 4.