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Education and Training

Preservice Education Toolkit

August 2011 by Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP)
Preservice Education Toolkit

This toolkit outlines key programmatic steps, highlights lessons learned, and identifies resources to assist country programs, donors, and governments with preservice education programs. CapacityPlus’s Kate Tulenko participated in the technical advisory group for the development of the toolkit.

TAGS: Advocacy, Health Workers, Preservice Education

Learning for Performance: Toolkit for Health Worker Education and Training

January 2011 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconLearning for Performance Overview

An overview of Learning for Performance, a toolkit targeted to fix a performance problem or gap when health workers lack the essential skills and knowledge for a specific job responsibility, competency, or task.

TAGS: In-Service Training, Preservice Education, Workforce Effectiveness

Strengthening Preservice Education Institutions: Strategies for Scaling Up Health Worker Production

January 2011 by CapacityPlus
Strengthening Preservice Education Overview

An overview of innovative strategies to increase the production of health professionals.

TAGS: Health Professional Schools, Preservice Education, Scaling-Up, Training

Updating and Disseminating Guidelines for Family Planning and Reproductive Health: The Role of Health Systems Strengthening

December 2009 by Joanne Spicehandler
application/pdf iconProject Tech Brief 18

Describes several approaches used to achieve needed changes in service delivery practice, and provides recommendations for actions at the local level.

TAGS: Family Planning, Health Systems Strengthening, In-Service Training, Preservice Education, Reproductive Health

Training Health Workers in Africa: Documenting Faith-Based Organizations’ Contributions

November 2009 by Erika Pearl, Sarla Chand, Craig Hafner
application/pdf iconProject Tech Brief 17

Provides information on preservice and in-service trainings offered by faith-based organizations, with a focus on nursing and midwifery pre-service training in Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

TAGS: Africa, Faith-Based Organizations, In-Service Training, Preservice Education

Applying the Learning for Performance Approach

September 2009 by Catherine Murphy and Claire Viadro
application/pdf iconLegacy Series 5

Discusses the Capacity Project’s participation in the development of LFP-informed learning interventions.

TAGS: In-Service Training, Learning for Performance, Mali, On-the-Job Training, Preservice Education, Rwanda

Strengthening Professional Associations for Health Workers

September 2009 by Nancy Yinger and Pamela A. McQuide
application/pdf iconLegacy Series 7

Describes the Capacity Project's models for strengthening professional associations.

TAGS: Communication, Continuing Professional Development, Kenya, Professional Associations, Uganda, Ukraine

Learning for Performance: A Guide and Toolkit for Health Worker Training and Education Programs

April 2007 by Capacity Project, IntraHealth International
application/pdf iconLearning for Performance

This manual presents a systematic instructional design process and accompanying tools that help connect learning to specific job responsibilities and competencies.

TAGS: In-Service Training, Preservice Education