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About Our Work: Training (Last Updated: January 2005) |
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Effective training consists of a complementary program of activities designed
to
improve the performance of defined tasks and promote the use of new knowledge
and skills in real-life settings.
Training is costly in terms of both human and financial resources. It must be
carefully focused and targeted and use methods that are both sustainable and
likely to succeed. In addition, effective training must be adapted to meet local
needs and
continuously updated to provide current, accurate information.
For training to bring about desired changes, other factors such as policies,
supervision,
and resources that promote optimal performance must be considered. One
key to the success of a training program is the ability to determine which
problems
can effectively be addressed through training and which require other
approaches.
Coordinated, sustainable, locally relevant
The U.S. Government through the Global AIDS Program (GAP) promotes
coordinated,
sustainable, locally relevant systems of training. While recognizing that the
urgency of the epidemic requires conducting some rapid, narrowly targeted
training,
it is also important to strengthen the country's capacity to plan, conduct, and
evaluate their own training efforts at local, regional, and national levels.
Ministries
of health, donors, nongovernmental organizations and communities should commit
the financial and administrative resources necessary to promote sustainability
and ensure that trainees have the resources they require to provide high-quality
services.
With U.S. Government funding, the Global AIDS Program (GAP) provides training
designed to address the specific training needs of diverse groups in a variety
of
settings.
In Nigeria, GAP, with USG funding...
- provided management training for the national blood transfusion service;
- assisted with training field staff on survey methodology and laboratory
procedures.
In Vietnam, GAP, with USG funding...
- supported physician training to identify and treat opportunistic
infections
among individuals living with HIV/AIDS;
- developed a training program on HIV epidemiology, surveillance and
prevention
for physicians and other health-care providers.
Who participates in GAP trainings?
Participants in GAP training have included:
- epidemiologists
- ministries of health and nongovernmental program and logistics managers
- laboratory technicians
- regional military units
- legislators
- pharmacists and clinicians
- experts in information systems
- faculty at nursing, medical, and social work schools
- traditional/ informal medical practitioners
- peer educators
- voluntary counseling and testing counselors
- home care attendants
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