A Capability-Based Approach to Remote, Rural & Humanitarian Healthcare
27th May 2026, 19:00 to 20:00 BST
Overview
Healthcare delivered in remote, rural and humanitarian settings requires professionals to work beyond the assumptions of fully resourced systems. This webinar introduces the new Faculty of Remote, Rural & Humanitarian Healthcare Capability Framework: a structured, capability-based approach designed to define, support and strengthen healthcare practice under constraint. The session will explore how the framework was developed, the challenges it seeks to address, and how it can be applied across diverse healthcare environments to improve workforce capability, governance, education and patient outcomes.
Aims
To introduce participants to the Remote, Rural & Humanitarian Healthcare Capability Framework and demonstrate how a capability-based approach can support safer, more effective and more consistent healthcare delivery in resource-constrained environments.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, attendees should be able to:
- Understand the unique professional and system challenges associated with remote, rural and humanitarian healthcare delivery.
- Explain the rationale for a capability-based framework in healthcare environments defined by constraint and limited resources.
- Describe the structure of the FRRHH Capability Framework, including its domains and tiered capability levels.
- Recognise how clinical, operational, leadership and systems capabilities interact in remote and constrained healthcare settings.
- Identify practical applications of the framework for workforce development, education, governance, recruitment and service design.
- Reflect on how capability-based approaches may improve consistency, safety and quality of care across diverse RRHH contexts.
Panellists
Our panellists include:
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Dr. Thomas A.H. Pols
Chair, Faculty of Remote, Rural & Humanitarian Healthcare
Thomas Pols is Chair of the Faculty of Remote, Rural & Humanitarian Healthcare at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. His background spans humanitarian healthcare, remote and industrial medicine, and global workforce health governance. He has worked across humanitarian, offshore, remote industrial and multinational corporate environments, with a focus on healthcare systems operating under constraint.
CPD
1 Hour
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Recording
A recording of the webinar will be made available on this page in the days following the live broadcast.
