What is Prashiksha Blended Training (BT) ?
- It is an approach to training that combines traditional place-based classroom trainings with access to online educational materials.
- It also provides opportunities for continued interaction with the participants.
- It also involves field visits to various facilities for onsite learnings.
Why Prashiksha Blended Training (BT) ?
- Targets to train : 8000+ doctors (1200 ART Mos, 1620 ARTC specialists, 1108 LAC MOs, 4400 ICTC MOs) by next year.
- Traditional place-based trainings ideal but may not practical as :
♦ Guidelines revised recently ♦ Staff to be trained quickly ♦ Extremely limited resources
Project Goal
Supporting NACP – building capacities and skills – ICTC, ART, Lab Services – staff
- Enable accurate diagnosis, high quality care and treatment of PLHIV
- Ensure quality documentation and reporting of services
Project Objective
- Develop content – compliant with national technical and operational guidelines
- Build knowledge and skills – participatory adult learning pedagogies
- Institutionalize mechanisms –
-Knowledge management
-Learning needs assessment
-Training scheduling and delivery
-Tracking participant progress & refresher/mentorship needs
- Build practice-related competencies – providing stigma-free and high quality HIV services
- Build competencies – quality documentation and reporting – centralized information systems
