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New Materials Available
(December 2002)
Self-Directed Learning Package for Breast and Pelvic Examination Now Available
JHPIEGO has developed a package to help learners independently acquire skills in breast and pelvic examination, under the guidance of a facilitator, using JHPIEGO's "Guidelines for Performing Breast and Pelvic Examinations" and a half-hour training video on "How to Perform Breast and Pelvic Examinations." The package can be incorporated into a preservice curriculum, used in conjunction with another inservice course, or adapted for on-the-job training. Use of anatomic models for practice and skill assessment is an essential component of this innovative learning approach.
The package includes a Learning Activity Packet and a Facilitator's Guide. The Learning Activity Packet directs learners step-by-step through the materials on breast and pelvic examination. The Guide advises the facilitator how to structure the activities for different learning situations, whether preservice, inservice or on the job. It contains information on coaching and determining competency, and includes a final evaluation questionnaire.
Preservice Implementation Guide Published
JHPIEGO's "Preservice Implementation Guide: A Process for Strengthening Preservice Education" is now available. It describes the step-by-step process used to create a positive environment on the national level for strengthening medical, nursing, and preservice education, and the steps taken on the institutional level to improve the existing curriculum and its implementation. The guide, which is available in English, is adapted from the World Health Organization's document "Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI): Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Pre-Service Education" (2001).
The guide contains an introduction to the preservice strengthening process, as well as a description of its four phases:
- Plan and orient;
- Prepare for and conduct teaching;
- Review and revise teaching; and
- Evaluate teaching.
Working together, and with the assistance of this guide, national authorities, administrators, staff of teaching institutions, and technical and donor organizations will be able to improve the basic education of healthcare providers. Strengthening both content and teaching practices will ensure that those who graduate are, in fact, well prepared for their role as healthcare providers.
To order, send e-mail to orders@jhpiego.net. For more information about either publication, contact Lois Schaefer at repro@jhpiego.net.