[Draft] Trainers' Guide for Program Manager's course

Introduction

The purpose of this document is to provide the course coordinators and trainers for the ‘Course for Program Managers in NTEP’ guidance for planning and executing the training. The targeted trainees for this course would be:

• District Program Managers- District TB Officer (DTO)

• State Program Managers- State TB Officer (STO)

This training may be provided by utilizing the blended approach where a mix of training methods and modes will be used to deliver content. This would include either in-person/ virtual training or facilitator led/ Self learning/ demonstration and role plays. Training sessions which require hands-on training will be conducted only in a physical setting. Keeping in mind the aforesaid best practices of the Modernized Training System, the training institute may decide to choose the approach which is most suitable for their trainees.

 

The training of DTOs is to be conducted at National Institutes (NITRD/NTI) or at select STDCs across country as decided by Central TB Division. The training of STOs is however be conducted at the national Institutes only.

The batch size for Physical Session/Virtual Sessions should not be more than 25.

Virtual sessions: the trainees will be going through the online content, and attempt quizzes after each module. An instructor-led session will also be conducted for each module. This will help the trainees for better clarification of contents and to address the queries and doubts.

 

Physical/In-person Sessions: For the training areas which require hand-holding of trainees like demonstration of processes- like patient management in Ni-kshay, filling of various forms, Adherence Management tools, recording information on Public Health action, use of NI-kshay Aushadhi, etc in-person training sessions need to be conducted.

 

The training course content has 14 modules and 61 chapters. Based on different modalities used for the training, the training delivery should take at least 80 hours.

For the purpose of assessment of trainees, a pre-test before the beginning of training, interim quizzes at the end of each module and a post-test at the end of training has been configured in the course content.

Some exercises have also been formulated to assess and reinforce the learnings of the trainees based on their job requirements. These exercise will be communicated to the trainees either before the beginning of in-person sessions and the solutions of which will be discussed during the physical sessions. 
The other exercises will be given to trainees during the conduct of the training and will be discussed simultaneously.  

The certificates are auto-generated for the trainees in their LMS account on successful completion of post-test and their performance in interim quizzes.  

Training curriculum / Agenda

Trainers 

For this course, following personnel may be appointed as the trainers:  

National trainers from National Institutes

National Consultants- Central TB Division

Trainers from select STDCs (identified by Central TB Division)

Select WHO consultants (from States)

Consultants (partner Organisations)

 

Eligibility

Trainers are selected based on their ability to conduct training in an interactive and interesting manner. The Trainers should have completed the ‘Course for Program Managers’ and they must possess strong knowledge about the NTEP and the various processes related to patient workflow, Ni-ksahay and Ni-kshay Aushadhi.  The Trainers need to go through the Chapter- wise Training Guide for this Course, provided as an Annexure.

The Trainers should be well versed with the IT systems such as, Zoom (for video conferencing), Swasthya-eGurukul (Learning Management System), Ni-kshay and Ni-kshay Aushadhi.

4. Chapter wise detailed instructions for Trainers 

The aim of providing chapter-wise detailed instructions provides the Trainers with the following:

Module-wise and Chapter-wise, modality that may be adopted (Self-reading/virtual/ Physical/ In-person)

The estimated time to complete the content.

The key messages that a trainer should emphasize upon, while delivering the training

The activities which should be conducted at the end of each chapter / session to ensure learning effectiveness. This may include asking specific questions, demonstrating processes, discussing various forms and equipment. If any Module specific physical visits are required to be conducted, such details are also provided here. 

Some exercises have also been provided with the relevant chapters that the trainees need to finish as the part of curriculum. The trainers should ensure that all the trainees finish these exercises individually and record it in appropriate response forms. All the exercise should be discussed by the trainers during the training.

This guiding document will also aid in bringing uniformity with respect to the content and quality of training conducted across the entire state and nation.