Unit 2: Team building and training

Aim of the unit

The purpose of this course unit is to provide you tools that will enable you to strengthen the capacity of health care providers  under your responsibility in order to improve the "Quality Health services  delivery".

Topics to cover

This unit comprises the following components :

• Team Building (How to build a work team)
• Training (Why the training programme)
• Training programme development
• Course description  of the training programme
• Training programme management (M/E of the training programme).

Intended learning outcomes

Upon completion of this course unit, you should be able to : 

1. Explain how to build a work team.
2. Develop the training programme.
3. Develop the key components of M/E of the training programme.

Learning resources

WHO/JHPIEGO ( 2005 ): Effective Teaching: A Guide for Educating Health care Providers. 20, Avenue Appia 1211, Geneva 27, Suitzerland. Website: http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health; http://www.jhpiego.org

Bahamon C and al. ( 2006 ): Transformer les Managers en Leaders. Guide pour l’amélioration des services de santé. Translated from Bragar Galer and al.    Managers : Who Lead : A Handbook for Improving Health Services. Management Sciences for Health,  784 Memorial Drive. Cambridge, Massachussets, USA. Website:www.msh.org

Learning e-tivities

• Through the active discussion forum, you will demonstrate the main idea retained from the learned concepts. 
• You will summarize and highlight the different steps in the training programme development.
• You will summarize and highlight the different  components of the course description for the training programme. 
• You will summarize and highlight the main components needed to develop the training programme timetable. 
• You will summarize and highlight the main components of M / E in the training programme. 
• You will summarize and highlight the main components of the training programme development report.

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