Other Ways to Use This Information

Job Descriptions—To use these guidelines to develop a job description for a trainer, training manager, designer, or evaluator, you can:

• Determine those stages or areas of training for which the individual will be responsible
• Review the information about those stages
• Ensure that the applicable tasks and responsibilities appear in the job description
• Determine if there are other job requirements (e.g., a specific technical and clinical background) to be included
• Develop a draft job description
• Ask others familiar with the position to review the job description to ensure that it accurately describes the major roles and responsibilities

Training of Trainers—To use these guidelines to train trainers, you can:

• Review the trainer’s job description and the guidelines that are relevant to the particular training to be conducted
• Identify the specific guidelines that apply to the course being conducted
• Apply the guidelines for designing training to the design and development of the training skills course (i.e., we should try to do for the trainers what we expect them to do when it is their turn to conduct training)
• As you apply these design guidelines, determine if more than one course is required to train the trainers (e.g., a training skills course, an instructional design course)
• To help put the training in context, ensure that it includes an orientation for the new trainers to the training design and materials they will use when they conduct training
• Plan how you will follow up and assist new trainers as they conduct their first courses

National Training Guidelines—To use these guidelines when developing national training guidelines, you can:

• Identify those responsible for developing and implementing national training guidelines
• Work with stakeholders to clarify the need for training guidelines and to review any existing national guidelines
• Develop a national-level team to develop training guidelines
• Work with the team to review the guidelines contained in this handbook along with guidelines from other sources
• Develop draft guidelines and ask stakeholders from various levels within the country (e.g., from the ministry of health to trainers of community health providers) to review the guidelines
• Develop plans for disseminating and implementing the training guidelines

Project Training Component—To use these guidelines in the development of the training component of a project, you can:

• Refer to these guidelines in project descriptions and requests for technical assistance to ensure use of standard terminology and realistic expectations
• Ensure that the project includes a performance needs assessment to provide direction for the implementation of training
• Ensure that the project includes a monitoring and evaluation component to determine the effectiveness of training
• Ask that project proposals refer to these guidelines to ensure that competing proposals are using similar terminology and approaches for the management, design, delivery, and evaluation of training

If you want to know more…

Would you like to read more about training? Below are some publications you may find useful:

From Family Health International:

Interactive Reproductive Health Training = Interesting and Innovative Training. 2003. Presentation at “Training in Africa: Best Practices, Lessons Learned and Future Directions” conference. Lusaka, Zambia. (August)

From JHPIEGO:

Schaefer L et al. 2000. Advanced Training Skills for Reproductive Health Professionals. JHPIEGO Corporation: Baltimore, MD. (Corresponding Participant’s Handbook and Trainer’s Notebook available)

Sullivan R and L Gaffikin. 1997. Instructional Design Skills for Reproductive Health Professionals. JHPIEGO Corporation: Baltimore, MD. (Corresponding Participant’s Handbook and Trainer’s Notebook available)

Sullivan R et al. 1998. Clinical Training Skills for Reproductive Health Professionals, second edition. JHPIEGO Corporation: Baltimore, MD. (Corresponding Participant’s Handbook and Trainer’s Notebook available)
ModCal® for Clinical Training Skills. 1999. JHPIEGO Corporation: Baltimore, MD. (Modified computer-assisted learning package includes CD-ROM, Reference Manual, Trainer’s Notebook, and Participant’s Handbook.)

From Prime II/IntraHealth International, Inc.:

Long PJ and NE Kiplinger. 1999. Making It Happen: Using Distance Learning to Improve Reproductive Health Provider Performance. Intrah: Chapel Hill, NC.

PRIME. 1997. Reproductive Health Training for Primary Providers: A Sourcebook for Curriculum Developers. Intrah: Chapel Hill, NC.

PRIME II and JHPIEGO. 2002. Transfer of Learning: A Guide for Strengthening the Performance of Health Care Workers. Intrah: Chapel Hill, NC.

Are you interested in knowing more about training? Would you like to order the publications listed above? Here are some websites where you will find resources related to managing, designing, delivering, and evaluating training:

FHI: 

• www.fhi.org

JHPIEGO:

• www.jhpiego.org
• www.reproline.jhu.edu

Population Leadershipo Program:

• www.popldr.org

PRIME II/IntraHealth:

www.prime2.org/prime2/techlead/home/49.html

TRG:

• www.trg-inc.com