Advanced Training of Trainers - Pathfinder International

Specific Objective #2: Explain the importance of clinical
standards and guidelines.
AdvAnced TrAining of TrAiners
CoNteNt: methodology:
Clinical Standards and Guidelines
The goal of a TOT is to improve
Knowledge, Attitudes and Skills (KAS)
to meet the needs for health care
provision. Thus, clinical training should
be based on clinical standards and
guidelines.
The importance of developing clinical
standards and guidelines is in:
N Making training relevant to the
current clinical situation;
N Making the training consistent
with the national standards and
guidelines;
N Providing a basis, or standard, for
training evaluation and follow up;
and
N Providing a basis for choosing and
strengthening a site for clinical
practicum.
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Discussion (15 min):
UNIT 2/OBJECTIVE #2
The trainer should:
N Ask Px if they know what clinical
standards and guidelines are.
N Ask if anyone has used them or if
anyone has ever helped develop them.
N Ask Px to discuss their familiarity and
experience with clinical standards and
guidelines.
N Ask about what should be contained
in clinical standards and guidelines
and why they are important.
N Record the answers on a flipchart and
supplement their answers with the
content on the left side of the page.
Group Work (30 min.):
N Divide Px into 4 groups and give each
group a copy of a clinical standard
guideline to discuss. Px Handouts 2.3:
Combined Oral Contraceptives, 2.4:
Care of the Healthy Newborn, 2.5:
Intrauterine Contraceptive Device, and
2.6: Care of the Mother and Newborn
the First Day After Delivery.
N Ask them to answer the following
questions:
1. What are the components you see in
the standards and guidelines?
2. If you conducted training and you
didn’t have national clinical standards
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6