Hosanna Health Sciences College is currently the only health sciences college in Central Ethiopia region established by the Proclamation in 1996 to recognize the quicker development and growth of the region on health aspect and to promote knowledgeable, skilled and compassionate work force development at the regional level. Currently the college provides training in a variety of health sciences education through diploma and degree programs both in regular and continuing education program. CEP is committed to produce qualified, competent and competitive health professionals who are educated to act in compassionate, respectful and caring approach, to make outstanding contribution by identifying & solving community problems through research in line with the college and national quality education strategy & health policy.

The purpose of Continuing Education Program/CEP is:

• To reach out the public at large through rendering the service to them & to provide need based community service; To increase ways of income /budget generation & utilization and

• To motivate academic & administrative staffs through participatory& transparent leadership.

Major Duties of the CEP Coordinator

• Planning, implementing and evaluating department programs that promote academic excellence in teaching, research& community services.

• Initiates and prepares short, medium and long term plans for the improvement and expansion of continuing education program/CEP;

• Works with the Academic Directorate Director in announcing the program, recruiting and placing new students;

• Consults the academic commission on matters pertaining to continuing education program

• Prepares time tables for teaching learning activities and examination concerning continuing education program and monitors their implementation;

• Prepares proposal on the rate of tuition fees for the various services rendered under the program, and presents it to the academic commission;

• Prepares and submits report on its activities to the Academic Directorate Director;

• Ensuring equal access of required resources for the program, staffs and CEP students.

• Implementing the directives and decisions issued by academic commission and college higher officials based on new CEP guideline.

• Making sure the proper documentation and handling of the CEP office data & student records

• Serving on various committees as needed and other duties as assigned by higher officials.

CEP customers are:

• Academic & administrative staffs of the college, students& their family and Community.

Stakeholders

• Federal Ministry of Health &Education; Regional Health Bureau, Health facilities

• College Higher officials, EDC, academic staffs, administrative staff and all departments.

• Zonal & Woreda health bureau/ offices, Universities, Colleges, Gusts and Community.

CEP Principles are:

Being quick and fast service provider and timely decision maker; Focus on achieving goals to do work; Collaborative & servant leadership; Make the right person at the right work place; Providing efficient and fast service is our tradition; Develop a simple and clear work structure and continuous work culture; Work together for the institution’s mission; Carry out work responsibility in the spirit of accountability. Understanding our community’s preferences is invaluable. So that, we are wholehearted to make all the CEP office services friendly, righteous and fair to accommodate all customers and stakeholders.

Current CEP Programs: Both in diploma & degree are Midwifery, Pharmacy, Med. Laboratory and Comprehensive nurse. And Emergency Medical Technician/EMT has only diploma program. CEP operates the teaching learning process on a modular basis for diploma program and semester based for degree program based on national/ FMOE curriculum implementation strategy of TVET & higher education institutions respectively.

Planned CEP Programs in the future: Identifying an educational need of the community and make provision to meet these needs by proposing, in consultation with the appropriate department, programs leading to college degrees and diplomas. Therefore, to meet the college missions of reaching the public at large through quality education, research and technology transfer, we planned to launch continuing education programs in all departments currently running regular programs and also to introduce new programs like information technology (IT) in diploma& degree level, MPH &MSC /2^nd degree in selected fields of studies.

“Health Sciences education is not about money generating, but it is about Sacrifice to protect nation’s health problem!!”

Miss. Melesech Eliso (MSc, RH)

CEP Coordniator