COPE® FOR MALE CIRCUMCISION SERVICES - EngenderHealth

COPE for Male Circumcision Services
6. Does your facility or other service setting plan and conduct sensitization training to
facilitate positive attitudes among staff and to discourage stigma and discrimination
against people living with HIV and other vulnerable groups, such as sex workers, men
who have sex with men, and injecting drug users
7. Is a training system in place to regularly update staff on the following
■ Knowledge of issues related to job duties
■ Technical skills related to job duties
■ Ability to perform job duties
8. Are periodic orientations, updates, and MC skills training sessions provided to keep staff
skilled in and well informed about changing approaches and technologies in MC
procedure
9. Does this training system include tools that measure how effective the training sessions
are in improving the knowledge, technical skills, and/or attitudes of the training
participants
10. If any of your site’s staff members attend an off-site training session or conference, do
they share information with their colleagues about what they learned at the training
11. Do staff know about and have ready access to current service delivery guidelines (in the
form of reference books, guidelines, charts, posters, and other materials) for each type of
service provided in your health care setting
12. Do staff follow the national guidelines and protocols when providing MC services
13. Do staff have access to resources for continuing education to better meet their clients’
information needs
14. Where turnover is high or where demand for services is increasing rapidly, does your
health care setting have a strategic plan for expanding the pool of MC providers,
counselors, laboratory technicians, and supervisors to support MC services
15. To expand services and continue to develop staff skills, have other staff members besides
doctors (such as nurses and clinical officers) been trained as MC providers
16. Have all staff received training on the following
■ The use of quality improvement tools and approaches
■ Health services provided in your service setting
■ Infection prevention (universal precautions)
17. Have appropriate staff received training on all required MC standards, according to
national or World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines/standards, and on procedures
for HIV counseling and testing services These might include the following:
■ Overview of MC and HIV infection
■ Informed consent
■ Pretest counseling
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