Lambert Mugabo
DelAgua Health Rwanda Implementation Ltd, Rwanda
Title: Enhancement of training completion rate in rural Rwanda: innovations into an introduction to research course
Biography
Biography: Lambert Mugabo
Abstract
Introduction to research methods course developed by the research department at Partners In Health, Rwanda since 2013 contributes to laying a solid foundation for health research capacity building of health workforce and promotes the consumption of health research. To address the challenge of incompletion of the training observed during its first offering due to competing work responsibilities and attrition of health workers, innovations have been made into its second offering. The duration of the training was reduced from 11 months to just 2 ½ whereby a session was run on weekly basis instead of monthly basis. In addition, a web-based version of the course was developed to make the course flexible and enhanced comprehension of the course materials. Though innovations into the course increased the cost due to the introduction of technology and prompted a decrease of enrollment rate, on the other side, completion rate rose to 95% in the second offering compared to 48% in its previous offering and development of web-based course offers an opportunity to reach a wider audience. Further, there is a need to find suitable technologies for resource-limited settings that do not have good internet