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Skill-updates for senior immunization managers

Skill-updates for senior immunization managers. Alan Brooks 26-28 May 2004 Kiev, Ukraine. Who Needs to be Trained?. Private Sector. Public Sector. Communities. Health Care Workers,. Surveillance Officers,. Logisticians, etc. Pre-service. MLM. SLM. AIM Modules.

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Skill-updates for senior immunization managers

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  1. Skill-updates for senior immunization managers Alan Brooks 26-28 May 2004 Kiev, Ukraine

  2. Who Needs to be Trained? Private Sector Public Sector Communities Health Care Workers, Surveillance Officers, Logisticians, etc Pre-service MLM SLM

  3. AIM Modules • Targeted skills based training • A la carte approach • E-learning to reinforce and expand information • Opportunistic • Collaborative process and common ownership

  4. Highest Priorities • Financial Sustainability • Considerations for introduction of new and underutilized vaccines • Multi-year and annual workplans • Program management • Strengthening ICCs • Assessments to improve programs • Health information as a management tool • Increasing public awareness

  5. Customized & self paced learning process Presentation of material in multiple modalities Information easy to update & centrally located Appeal of new technology -- the future e-learning-Advantages-

  6. Requires access to & knowledge of a computer & internet Not exclusive - needs to be combined with other learning (face-to-face) Internet is slow & unreliable Potentially expensive e-learning-Disadvantages-

  7. Learning about e-learning • Pilot (June - Dec 2002) • Reality Check in 2003 • Roll Out in 2004

  8. Pilot (6-months) • Working with SUMMIT at Stanford University • Survey of SLM priorities • Survey of internet connectivity and access • Demo on introducing Hep B vaccine (team: WHO/CVP/CDC) • Evaluate as we went along

  9. Access to computers, internet & e-mail • All had access to a computer with CDROM • 70% of computers were less than 3-years • 70% had phone-line internet, 2 had fast-line • Hotmail and Yahoo most popular web sites, others include WHO, CDC, UNAIDS, MoH • More than half went on-line daily and the remaining went on 2 or more times a week

  10. Internet connectivity in the field • Average speed of connection for field sites is 52K over phone-line (14.4K -- 56.6K) • Most had connections of average reliability (less than 5 disconnections per 10 dial-ups) • WHO technical and graphic considerations for Running Effective Meetings e-Learning module

  11. Encouraging Results • Designed e-learning architecture (to meet specifications & so it will be transferable) • CDROM & Internet-based • Combined with face-to-face sessions

  12. Module Formats Face-to-face Modules E-learning Modules Follow-up by e-mail, next meeting agenda, informal groups

  13. Facilitator Guides • Short modules on priority skills • Introduces e-learning tool within the module • Suggestions for follow-up, e.g., e-mail and/or in-country teams • e-learning can provide a framework for learning

  14. Timeline • June Launch • Immunization Financing • Introducing Hep B Vaccine • CDROMs (English) sent to SLM • Sept 04 – Russian & French versions available & CDROMs distributed • Face-to-face modules & follow-up • Estimated annual CDROM distribution with updates and new modules, e.g., JE, Hib, Rota, Pneumo

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