Advanced Training of Trainers - Pathfinder International

Specific Objective #3: Summarize how to conduct a training
needs assessment.
Training Needs Assessment
A Training Need Assessment (TNA)
aims to identify providers’ gaps in
Knowledge, Attitudes and Skills (KAS)
between the present performance and
the desired performance.
A discrepancy between what exists and
what is needed is often stated in terms
of what is necessary to perform a job or
series of tasks.
The baseline/criteria often used to
identify the desired performance are:
N Job descriptions, and
N National standards and guidelines.
It may also be necessary to interview
other stakeholders, like managers
or supervisors, to determine desired
performance.
The KAS standards proposed need to
be so specific and clear that they are
observable and measurable.
Once the KAS standards are
determined, a TNA is conducted to
identify providers’ gaps in KAS.
What is KAS?
N Knowledge, which consists of
AdvAnced TrAining of TrAiners
CONTENT: METhOdOlOgy:
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Discussion (15 min.):
The trainer should:
N Introduce the session with the
following question:
“In a certain province, the number of
Reproductive Tract Infections (RTIs) in
IUD acceptors was increasing. Imagine
that you are the Reproductive Health
trainer and you are asked to conduct a
training course on IUD insertion for
midwives at the community level. You
have many training options to choose
from. To determine whether a training
intervention is the right one, what would
you do?”
N Ask Px for their ideas and print out
their ideas on flipchart.
N Supplement their ideas from the
content column at the left.
Brainstorming (10 min.):
N Trainer should ask Px to define KAS.
N Supplement their answers if needed.
Discussion (20 min.)
UNIT 2/OBJECTIVE #3
Trainer should:
N Divide a flip chart into 3 columns and
label them K, A, and S
N Ask Px to brainstorm what KAS a
midwife should acquire so that she
can provide IUD insertion?