Government health staff trained by HCU led 5-day introductory training workshops and subsequent 2-day annual refresher workshops on basic child health promotion, prevention and assessment of sick children, as well as community facilitation and counselling skills.
The degree of changes in the participants' attitude and familiarity to teach and train ACGME competence after 40 h basic training course, postcourse training workshop and videotapes were analysed using paired t tests and the p values of trends.
Furthermore, participants felt that their familiarity with teaching and assessment of competencies improved progressively as the 40 h basic training course, postcourse training workshop and videotapes were completed.
14 15 After finishing the 40 h basic training course, postcourse training workshop and videotapes, participants felt that their ability to teach, assess and improve the PGY1 residents' ACGME competencies were improved progressively (figure 3A).
A serial follow-up questionnaire suggested that the degree of participant application of skills learnt from our programme increased progressively after finishing the 40 h basic training course, the postcourse training workshop and videotape session.
The questionnaires were filled out after participants completed the basic 40 h training course, after the training workshop and after the videotape session.
Prior to data collection, interviewers from each country attended a three-day training workshop in South Africa, covering basic research skills and research ethics.
8 Accordingly, TAME announced that the faculty development programme consisted of two parts, namely the ACGME competencies-based 40 h basic clinical-practice training course and a postcourse training workshop together with a videotape session.
A five-day training workshop can increase a nurse's basic monthly salary by 25 40% [ 34].
For the first workshop we will prepare a core syllabus of basic training oriented to explicit learning outcomes, delivered as a combination of prior self-study materials and short taught sessions on the day.
