Through the project work, fellows have an opportunity to implement the skills they've learned in the classroom and to gain strategic insight into how to move a project through a highly matrixed system.
The skills learned are transferable.
Typically, nursing students have a strong foundation of health knowledge, but we also know how to implement the skills and quality improvement techniques we learn.
After the event, 89% of participants plan to implement business skills learned at the event, 78% planned to leverage social media marketing to reach new clients, and 56% planned to take steps to access new capital.
Poor knowledge and skills are broadly attributed to inadequate or inappropriate training, inadequate supervision, or lack of support to implement the eye health skills learned [ 30, 44, 100- 103].
With an increase in the number of PHC Nurses being trained in primary eye care, a corresponding increase in the number of patients being examined at a primary health care (PHC) level was observed, indicating that nurses trained were conducting primary eye care at their respective institutions and implementing skills learned during the training.
Some NCPs did not report implementing skills learnt that other NCPs had implemented within the timeframe of our evaluation.
The program offers a lot of opportunities to implement the wide skill sets learned directly on the field through the capstone program, which I am currently working on.
Furthermore, data from the Supplement Survey indicate that 60.2% of the GPs reported high or very high success in implementing the newly learned tools and skills into their practices, and 73.2% reported they will continue to use them.
Skills learned during the modules were implemented during the practicum, under supervision of a senior doctor, individual priority needs being defined jointly by the trainee and his supervisor.
After the event, 94% of participants planned to apply technical skills learned at the event, and 89% planned to implement quality control measures to improve their projects.
