Details on the underlying theories, design and pilot testing of the decision aid, the teaching curriculum and the trainer modules have been published previously.
In the second intervention group, nurses do not receive education as part of the intervention, but may be trained by nominated key nurses who have received a short train-the-trainer module.
In order to enable diabetes educators to successfully apply the counselling, a train-the-trainer module has been developed, consisting of a video with examples and instructions, and a structured training-session.
For study purposes, two diabetes educators have attended the ISDM programme specific train-the-trainer module given by a research fellow of the Unit of Health Sciences and Education of the University of Hamburg.
It could have been a part of a slightly longer training-of-trainers module: for example, planning for the evaluation, implementing it and analysing the results would have been an excellent practical assignment.
A module for trainers of trainers (TOT) was also developed almost at the same time as the Basic Child Care Course.
These modules are based on a "train the trainer" model and provide information to communities on how to understand and reduce exposures to toxicants.
During a follow-up session at the beginning of Module II, trainers evaluated their teams' achievement of set goals (yes/no).
Although SDL is encouraged among residents in our surgical training program via 24-hour access to surgical task trainers and online modules, residents report that they seldom practice.
The fraternities, forming a consortium called the Fraternal Health & Safety Initiative, said they will use three "trainer-led program modules" focused heavily on bystander intervention.
The cost of the intervention (including the CDM training workshop, a module for the trainer, Global CV Risks Self-Management Booklet for the patient and continuous support from the facilitators) was estimated using a mix of top-down and bottom-up approaches.
