National Need

• Study shows poor clinical skills in mid-level workers, usually trained under private institutes.
• Mid-levels provide the main clinical service outside of hospitals

Course Description

• 2.5 month course
• Concentrates on 20 common syndromes (using algorithms for decision making) and on 10 common medical procedures

Results

• Graduates during pilot phase increased their average skill scores from 37 to 93%.
• Government has adopted the course as the national training of senior auxiliary health workers (about 6000 total)