KINGSTON, Jamaica. Tuesday, March 11, 2025: Forty-Four (44) healthcare leaders from across Jamaica’s four regional health authorities have successfully completed the MOHW/UTECH Healthcare Leadership Programme.
The training programme developed, through a collaboration between the Ministry of Health & Wellness and the University of Technology Jamaica, saw graduates presented with their Professional Certification in Healthcare Administration and Leadership, and special awards during a ceremony held at Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston earlier today.
The programme, which now has seen a total of 122 graduates since its inception in 2022, is aimed at meeting the leadership training needs for healthcare workers and senior health management personnel across Jamaica’s public healthcare system.
Having completed the six-month training course conducted virtually by the College of Health Science at Utech Jamaica, they are now poised to strengthen the managerial and leadership administration across the nation’s healthcare system.
President of the University of the West Indies, Dr. Kevin Brown, says the institution plans to continue its role in developing and aiding the growth of transformation leadership in the nation’s health sector.
“Utech is honored to play a role in fostering transformational leadership and critical thinking in Jamaica’s Healthcare System through this programme. To our graduates, your service is indeed important as we look to provide high quality service to all our clients, and I want to charge you as you re-enter the working world to use the knowledge gained here to fill the gap and ensure the improvement of health standards form all Jamaicans. We stand ready to continues this partnership that is beneficial to and for all Jamaicans”, he said.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton while speaking at the ceremony charged the graduates to see themselves as “agents of change”, encouraging them to use their new skills to positively impact service delivery, despite the challenges they may face.
“One of the main questions that we as leaders in the public health system must answer is how do we transform our health systems given these limitations? And what can we achieve that is transformative using the talents, expertise, resources and policies that we currently have? I think that there is a lot that we can achieve together despite any shortcomings” he said.