JHSPH OpenCourseWare, Training Methods and Continuing Education for Health Workers

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Baltimore, MD 21205,

Description: This course in Training Methods and Continuing Education for Health Workers identifies the role of training and continuing education as an important component of health service and personnel management. Participants will be guided through the steps of planning training and continuing education activities for a range of health workers from managers to village volunteers. The course draws on real life examples from community-directed onchocerciasis control, village health worker programs, and patent medicine vendor training programs, to name a few.