From November 2022 till June 2023 Erasmus University Rotterdam hosted the first edition of the course, “Strategic Thinking and Development for Health and Care Regulators” specifically targeted at governmental regulatory authorities that regulate, inspect and oversee health and/or care providers and/or professionals.
“He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger”
Confucius
In collaboration with the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision, the English Care Quality Commission, and the Dutch Health & Youth Care Inspectorate, an academically grounded and practice-oriented curriculum was developed.
The participants learned how regulation works, why regulation matters and practice with developing regulatory policies that contribute to societal value. There were 24 participants from 9 countries who completed the course in the first week of June and received their certificates. The countries represented were the Netherlands, UK, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Finland, Belgium, and myself from Portugal, representing the Portuguese Association of Liberal Professionals.
You can read the full article, in Portuguese or English, in the Portuguese monthly edition of Dentistry magazine:
Open the English version of the article (pdf).
Open the Portuguese version of the article (pdf).
Orlando Monteiro da Silva 