The questionnaire and methods were adapted from those developed for the THEnet Graduate Outcomes Study (https://thenetcommunity.org/graduatetracking).
THEnet Graduate Outcome Study (GOS) is an international prospective cohort study, which in 2020 had over 6,000 learners from nine health professional schools in seven countries and five continents. Surveys are administered to learners at Entry to medical school, at Exit from medical school and at Years 1, 4, 7, and 10 after graduating from medical school. Copies of the Entry, Exit, and Postgraduate Year 1 questionnaires and their respective guides are provided below. Health professional education institutions wishing to join the GOS should contact coleen@thenetcommunity.org .Schools are welcome to adapt the tools for their use, provided that they acknowledge THEnet. Survey tools are provided as is, without any warranty or guarantee.´
When the World Health Organization (WHO) released its “Strengthening the collection, analysis and use of health workforce data and information: a handbook” in 2022, it commissioned THEnet to develop Chapter 4: Where do graduates go? Developing a graduate tracking system: the experience of THEnet
For more information about the GOS and associated tools, please contact coleen@thenetcommunity.org.
To obtain the available tools, below please provide your name, email and affiliation and the tool you want and you will receive an email that contains the link to download the tool you have selected.
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Charlie Labarda, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Medicine and Dean of the School of Health Sciences at the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM-SHS), where he has taught for more than a decade. He is a regular member of the National research Council of the Philippines, belonging to the Medical Sciences Division (Division III). Before joining the medical faculty at UPM-SHS he trained in at the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Philippine General Hospital. He finished his PhD in the Department of Psychology at The University of Hong Kong, his Master in Development Management from the Asian Institute of Management (high honors), Doctor of Medicine (cum laude) at the Our Lady of Fatima University-College of Medicine, and his undergraduate Social Sciences studies (cum laude) at UP Tacloban College. He was a topnotcher in the Physician Licensure Examination (8th place).
He served as the Unit Faculty Representative to the All UP Academic Employees Union-Manila Chapter. He is also part of the UPM-SHS core faculty for the Leadership and Development Program (LDP) capacitating local chief executives (governors and mayors) in strengthening their health systems to achieve the goals of universal health care and sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the Philippine government. He also volunteers as civil society partner of DSWD in its 4Ps Program as Vice-Chairperson for the National Independent Monitoring Committee (NIMC). He also helps in various DOH and WHO projects in line with his advocacies around medical education, health equity, disaster public health, resilient and healthy communities, and mental health especially in low resource settings. Recently he became part of the Data Science for Public Policy Working Group based at the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP-CIDS), promoting the use of data science for public policy.
Dr. Dharamsi currently serves as the Dean of the College of Public Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. With 25 years of experience, he brings an interdisciplinary background and extensive international and community development experience as an educator, scholar, and administrator.
Dr. Dharamsi’s academic journey began in Canada, where he earned an interdisciplinary PhD from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and achieved tenure in the Department of Family Medicine. He also co-directed the UBC Center for International Health.
His work is at the intersection of public health, medical humanities, global health, ethics, and the social determinants of health.
Born in Tanzania, Dr. Dharamsi is a first-generation high school and college graduate. He is deeply committed to student success. He began his career as an inner-city schoolteacher.
His career includes leadership roles as regional director for early childhood development and poverty alleviation in East Africa with the Aga Khan Development Network, founding associate dean of the School of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso, and senior advisor to the provost at New Mexico State University.
Dedicated to advancing public health, Dr. Dharamsi actively serves on the boards of several national and international organizations, including the ASPPH Global Engagement and Partnerships Advisory Committee.
