{"id":2578,"date":"2025-10-26T11:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T11:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/?p=2578"},"modified":"2026-03-22T11:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T11:14:48","slug":"building-smarter-interns-practicum-placement-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/fr\/building-smarter-interns-practicum-placement-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Smarter Interns &#038; Practicum Placement System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Across the world, over 70% of training institutions struggle to secure adequate practicum sites, and the WHO projects a 10-million health-worker shortfall by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>In Tanzania, these pressures are increasingly visible across health training institutions, making structured, data-driven placement systems not just a convenience but a strategic imperative.<\/p>\n<p>As technical consultants, the UDSM DHIS2 Lab partnered with the Ministry of Health and sector stakeholders to drive a comprehensive requirements-gathering process for the new national PPMIS practical placement module.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2579 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/udsmdhis2lab_8df0f655460748eaa91b5c6609d741d3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/udsmdhis2lab_8df0f655460748eaa91b5c6609d741d3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/udsmdhis2lab_8df0f655460748eaa91b5c6609d741d3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/udsmdhis2lab_8df0f655460748eaa91b5c6609d741d3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/udsmdhis2lab_8df0f655460748eaa91b5c6609d741d3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/udsmdhis2lab_8df0f655460748eaa91b5c6609d741d3-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/udsmdhis2lab_8df0f655460748eaa91b5c6609d741d3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The workshop brought together universities, regulators, and training institutions to unpack current allocation workflows and align on a standardized digital placement pathway that ensures fairness, compliance, and transparency\u2014supporting the thousands of students placed annually across health training facilities in Tanzania<\/p>\n<p>This initiative positions the country to strengthen its training pipeline, boost oversight, and align with global benchmarks for practicum governance.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across the world, over 70% of training institutions struggle to secure adequate practicum sites, and the WHO projects a 10-million health-worker shortfall by 2030. In Tanzania, these pressures are increasingly visible across health training institutions, making structured, data-driven placement systems not just a convenience but a strategic imperative. As technical consultants, the UDSM DHIS2 Lab [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":{"photo_gallery":{"gallery":[[]]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2581,"href":"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578\/revisions\/2581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhis2.udsm.ac.tz\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}