Important for
Prelims: Science & Technology
Mains: General Studies Paper III
Saksham LMIS
- Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary launched the SAKSHAM LMIS (Stimulating Advanced Knowledge for Sustainable Health Management), a Learning Management Information System (LMIS) of MoHFW.
- This digital learning platform has been developed by the National Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi.
About SAKSHAM LMIS
- SAKSHAM is a dedicated and unified platform for providing online training and medical education to all health professionals in the country.
- This digital learning platform will ensure inclusive capacity building of health professionals from primary health centres located in rural and remote areas all the way up to tertiary care and corporate hospitals in metropolitan cities.
- Currently SAKSHAM: LMIS is hosting more than 200 public health and 100 clinical courses through online mode. Health professionals can register themselves for these courses on the portal and get the certification after undergoing requisite training and qualifying the required assessment criteria.
Other Projects with the Name SAKSHAM
- Saksham Anganwadi (Ministry of Women and Child Development)
- Project Saksham (Indian Railways- for increasing the productivity and efficiency of its employees)
- SAKSHAM awareness campaign (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) to spread awareness about green energy
Read about more initiatives by the Government, click here
Practice Questions for Prelims
Which Union Ministry launched a learning management information system -SAKSHAM LMIS?
a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
b) Ministry of Science and Technology
c) Ministry of Women and Child Development
d) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Ans. a)
Mains Practice Question
SAKSHAM LMIS has the potential to transform human resource management of the healthcare sector in our country. Analyse.
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