Generic Instructor Course (GIC)

To impact teaching skills to health workers in order to effectively and efficiently train others in the field of HIV and AIDS.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• At the end of the course, the graduant should be able to demonstrate an understanding of:
• How adults learn, an experimental circle and how to improve motivation.
• Structured approach to teaching, set, dialogue and closure.
• Value of the lecture, importance of questions and what and how to communicate.
• Importance of skills teaching and the four-stage approach to skills teaching.
• How to facilitate role play
• The different ways of facilitating group discussions and workshops.
• Different assessment approaches and how it may facilitate learning.
• The nature of role critiquing and how to give effective feedback.
• Nature of E-learning experience from point of view of learner and of facilitator.
• Mentoring and the essential qualities of an instructor.

1. Introduction,
2. Recognition of the seriously ill child,
3. Management of the seriously ill child,
4. Basic life support and use of Bag Valve Mask(BVM),
5. Foreign body  removal (FBAO),
6. Trauma,
7. Cardiac Arrhythmia,
8. Airway Vascular Arrhythmia,
9. Newborn Respiratory Failure, Circulatory Failure
10. Scenario Demonstration.