Volunteer community health workers (CHWs) are a major strategy for increasing access to and coverage of basic health interventions. Our village health worker training course reviews the process of training and continuing education of CHWs as an important component of involving communities in their own health service delivery. Participants will be guided through the steps of planning training and continuing education activities for village volunteers. The course draws on real-life examples from community-directed onchocerciasis control, village health worker programs, community case management efforts, peer educators programs and patent medicine vendor training programs, to name a few.
Training and Learning Programs for Volunteer Community Health Workers
This course is part of Foundations of Global Health Specialization
Instructor: William Brieger, DrPH
Sponsored by Louisiana Workforce Commission
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There are 6 modules in this course
In this module, we will focus on the principles of learning, as well as approaching the health service and the community. There will almost be a quiz covering the first two lectures.
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8 videos4 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
In this module, we will focus on what information we will need to begin training and planning, as well as cover content, objectives, and SMART objectives. There will be a quiz covering lectures 3-4 after completing the lectures in this module. You will also begin to create your rough draft of your plan in the Course Project.
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6 videos1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt
In this module, we will focus on a variety of methods, training logistics, and educational materials. There will be a quiz that covers lecture 5-6 to after completing these lectures in this module.
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7 videos1 assignment1 discussion prompt
In this module, we will focus on monitoring, as well as look at a sample community volunteer session. There will be a quiz covering lectures 7-8 after completing the lectures in this module. You will also be able to revise your rough draft in the Course Project section of this module.
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5 videos1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt
In this module, we will focus on evaluation, performance, and supervision. There will be a quiz covering lectures 9-10 after completing the lectures in this module.
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8 videos1 assignment1 discussion prompt
In this module, you will submit your final draft of your plan and wrap-up the course.
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1 video1 peer review1 discussion prompt
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Reviewed on Oct 27, 2017
This course is fabulous if you have any intention of helping to train community health workers anywhere in the globe. Highly recommend.
Reviewed on Sep 28, 2022
The course materials are rich and valuable. The only thing is, that there is a remarkable delay in the gradeing of the assignment.
Reviewed on Feb 15, 2021
Lots of learning with pleasure and nice lessons with more of clarity and understanding. Thanks
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