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The tasks that were rated "very important" and performed on a
daily basis were thus identified and given greater priority.
Based on this study, a course was developed and manuals for
several health personnel categories were developed, including
among others, an instruction manual, student manual, and
actual-practice manual.
The course was developed mainly to teach "multipliers" all
around the country to handle these materials, by performing the
double function of instruction while providing content and method
for the training of other personnel as instructors.
In August 1980, the first workshop including 150 employees of
the Secretary of Health and Welfare from all over the country was
conducted. It has been reported that this workshop had an impact
in improving the performance of the personnel assigned to family
planning programs.
Using this approach, mid-career PHC workers have been trained
for Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Honduras, Brazil, Bolivia and other
areas of Latin-America. Among these were PHC physicians, nurses,
social workers, etc. Feedback indicates that these procedures are
already being implemented in a number of agencies of family
planning, mental health and other programs within Mexico, Colombia
and Nicaragua. Lastly, the task analysis/job design approach
outlined here has already been incorporated in redesigning
curricula at several universities in Mexico.
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