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Master Trainer Qualification Criteria

Master Trainer: A trainer who can transfer clinical and advanced training skills as well as clinical skills to healthcare providers, clinical trainers and advanced trainers. The master trainer also should be knowledgeable and experienced in adapting or developing courses (instructional design), conducting various types of training courses in reproductive health and evaluating training. The master trainer may assist with the development and/or implementation of training programs, assist JHPIEGO in developing new approaches to training, refine prototypic JHPIEGO materials or serve as a master trainer in a specific activity, including coaching candidate clinical, advanced and master trainers during their practica. Generally, a master trainer first has been a proficient healthcare provider, then a clinical and advanced trainer and completed an ID course and practicum (i.e., conducted an ATS course or workshop with a qualified master trainer). It is strongly recommended that the candidate master trainer also conduct a materials development workshop with a master trainer and participate in needs assessment and evaluation activities as part of their qualification process or as soon thereafter as possible in order to further enhance her/his skill development.

The ATS practicum experience needed to move from candidate master trainer to qualified master trainer should take place within 1 year after becoming a candidate master trainer. If it does not take place within 1 year, the candidate master trainer should receive a refresher in advanced training skills or repeat the ATS courses. The other recommendations for qualification as a master trainer (i.e., conducting a materials development workshop with a master trainer, and assisting with a needs assessment, followup intervention or evaluation activity) should ideally be completed within 2 years.

Candidate Master Trainer - an advanced trainer who fulfills the following requirements:

Proficient advanced trainer

Completed an ID course and developed course materials

Qualification form submitted by the qualified master trainer or technical expert following the ID course resulting in the person being entered into the JHPIEGO Faculty and Trainer Database as a candidate master trainer

Qualified Master Trainer - a candidate master trainer who fulfills the following requirements:

Successfully conducted one or more ATS courses or workshops while being coached by a qualified master trainer who has determined the master trainer to be competent (completed a practicum)

Qualification form submitted resulting in the person being upgraded in the JHPIEGO Faculty and Trainer Database to a qualified master trainer

It is strongly recommended that a newly qualified master trainer also:

Successfully conduct one or more materials development workshops while being coached by a qualified master trainer

Participate in one evaluation activity (needs assessment, followup of participants to improve job performance, or evaluation study)

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