Advanced Training of Trainers - Pathfinder International

Specific Objective #4: Develop tools for a training needs assessment.
CONTENT: METhOdOlOgy:
Develop tools for a TNA
Developing appropriate tools is a
very important step in the process of
designing a TNA. A good tool will
accurately measure what should be
measured. Depending on the objectives
of the needs analysis, an appropriate
tool must be selected and/or created.
Such tools might include:
N An interview with a health care
provider/facility manager/client,
N Questions for focus group
discussion,
N Case study,
N Checklists for clinical observation or
record keeping, and
N Sample forms for facility/ equipment
assessment or inventory.
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Group work (30 min.):
N Pass out handout Px Handouts 2.8:
TNA Example 1, 2.9: TNA Example 2,
and 2.10: TNA Example 3.
N Divide Px into 3 groups
N Give each group one Px handout, ask
them to read the tool, discuss it, and
answer the following questions (15
min.):
N What is the tool used for?
N What aspects of KAS does the tool
assess (knowledge/ skills /attitudes)?
N Each group will present for 5 minutes.
Group work (70 min.):
The trainer should:
N Divide Px into 3 groups.
N Ask Px to develop tools for TNA.
Groups 1 and 2: Tool for knowledge
assessment
UNIT 2/OBJECTIVE #4
Group 3: Survey form for facility review
N Allow Px to work for 50 min. and to
write a summary of their tool on flip
chart paper.
N Each group presents ideas and receives
feedback ( 20 min.).
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2.9
2.10