OST and community consultations

[Alan Stewart]

Dear All 

I have been invited to give a keynote speech at an international seminar 
on health and aged care strategy at the end of this month near Padang in 
West Sumatra.

The invitation is from one of my former PhD students, Prof Elfindri (he 
only has one name) who until recently was a professor of economics at 
Andalas University in Padang. Now head of a consortium of 216 private 
universities in Sumatra he has been the chairman of the research grants 
commission for all universities throughout Indonesia. He has also made 
an impact nationally through his publications on the study and 
application of 'Positive Deviance', an idea that I introduced to him 
during his doctoral studies.

Being a member of a matriarchal (albeit Muslim) society he has to be 
continuously kind to his wife! Who drives a souped up original VW Beetle.

My contribution to the seminar arises from Elfindri's knowing that I 
have a strong background in these areas - from my time as an academic in 
a Department of Primary Health Care in a medical school in Adelaide, 
Australia. With a particular focus on this level of health care services 
and the associated necessity of community consultations to establish 
what local communities perceive as priorities in the planning, 
development and administration of their facilities. And on training of 
health care workers in universities and other institutions to be 
oriented to community service.  

This seminar is a great opportunity to bring widespread attention to the 
value of OST approaches in such enterprises in Indonesia.

I would greatly appreciate hearing from people on the list who have 
experience of conducting community consultations and/or curriculum 
design using OST particularly but not only in the Asian region.

All in the realm of promoting participation, on the premise that:

"Participation is the key to the future of the human race. Participation 
in families, in politics ... Participation will save the
human race - if we are saved."  
/Pete Seeger at aged 89/

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Go well

Alan
Hong Kong

To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.
/George Orwell/


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