Assessment of the impact of mentorship/supportive supervision to support health care workers learning

Completed

• Conditions: In service training of primary health care workers providing maternal and newborn care in the clusters and centres included.; Pregnancy and Childbirth; Maternal and newborn care

• Registration Number: ISRCTN94184374
• Lead Sponsor: iverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-08-01
• Last Update Posted: 4 September 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 125

Inclusion Criteria

1. Health care providers of any gender and age who have attended the in -service capacity building training programme
2. District health management team supervisors working with health care providers at primary health care level in 4 provinces

Exclusion Criteria

Health workers and supervisors/ mentors who do not wish to consent to take part in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in Knowledge and skills are measured using the 7 pre and post training module test and the knowledge and skills retention tests at 3 and 6 months post baseline for modules 1 and 2 only.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Number and frequency of supervision/mentoring sessions is measured using the log book kept by the mentor and diary kept by the participant at eight months<br>2. Factors affecting retention of knowledge and skills is measured using both quantitative and qualitative data from the mentor log book and participant diary at 8 months (the end of the mentorship period)<br>3. Satisfaction of supervision measured using qualitative data from the mentor log book and participant diaries at 8 months<br>