Global Rehabilitation Leadership Institute

The GRLI sets out to strengthen leadership capacity at every level of the system to:  

• Catalyze sustainable change through local solutions  

• Enhance access to rehabilitation and AT services 

• Translate technical know-how into implementable programs 

• Strengthen multi-sectoral, multi-disciplinary action for rehabilitation integration 

• Generate a community of rehabilitation champions 

Participants represent all sectors; including health care, media, academia/research, policy/government, non-governmental organizations, international non-governmental organizations, and the private sector.  

The course offers an array of dynamic learning opportunities and tools for its participants, including the following: 

• Blended learning approach: promotes a personalized and collaborative learning experience  

• Interactive learning: facilitated group work to offer a participatory educational experience which fosters an exchange of knowledge and shared experiences within participants  

• Multidisciplinary curriculum: with leadership at its core, the course curriculum integrates a range of disciplines to offer a holistic understanding of health systems  

• Global faculty: the opportunity to learn from leading global experts in health systems 

• Networking and collaboration: opportunity to connect with local, regional, and international rehabilitation champions and join the growing GRLI alumni network

The curriculum includes technical training on leadership; systems thinking and health systems; rehabilitation in health care; implementation science; evidence-based decision-making; finance and resource mobilization; and advocacy, communications, and policy. The teaching faculty consists of globally renowned subject matter experts.  

The GRLI’s activities and group work are based on formative in-country research. Case studies are identified and integrated into an activity book, and the course culminates with marketplace-style presentations.

The Leadership Institute seeks to present both a systems thinking and a continuum of care approach, highlighting the role of rehabilitation and AT within the health system. 

Upon completion of the course, participants will: 

• Have an improved understanding of the multidisciplinary nature of health systems and the need for a systems-based approach to addressing rehabilitation needs in the population 

• Be able to express the role and value of leadership in assessing, designing, and implementing rehabilitation-inclusive health systems 

• Have an enhanced skillset to advocate for, enact, and implement effective policies to strengthen rehabilitation within health systems 

• Be able to better utilize evidence to advance policy development and implementation 

• Have a strengthened understanding of skills for strategic communication and media advocacy 

• Be able to better apply evidence-based best practices to address country-specific issues and challenges and use evidence to advance policy development and implementation 

• Understand the role and value of monitoring and evaluation for designing and implementing effective rehabilitation programs