COURSE DIRECTOR

SUMMARY
Integrated Management of
Childhood Illness
Location of Course: EASTERN VISAYAS
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Tacloban City

Course:
Date: October 12 – 23, 2009
Number of full days: 11 days
Total no. of hours worked in course: 88
Number of participants: 16
Outpatient Clinical Sessions:

No. of outpatient clinical sessions conducted: 9

No. of hours devoted to OPD clinical sessions: 30
Proportion of total course hours devoted to
outpatient clinical sessions: 34%
Average number of patients managed by a
participant: 18
Inpatient Clinical Sessions:

Number of inpatient clinical sessions conducted: 9

Number of hours devoted to inpatient clinical

sessions: 18
Modules Completed:
Introduction: √ All completed 16 completed
Assess/Classify: √ All completed 16 completed
Identify Treatment: √ All completed 16 completed
Treat the Child: √ All completed 16 competed
Counsel the Mother: √ All completed 16 completed
Young Infant: √ All completed 16 completed
Follow-Up: √ All completed 16 completed
Chart Booklets:

Did each participant receive a copy of the chart

booklet to take home?

___√__ Yes ______ No

Number of facilitators serving at course: 6

Ratio of facilitators to participants: 1 to 2-3

 EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE

1. What are your responsibilities in your clinic

or health center?
Physician - 3
Nurse - 12
Midwife - 1
2. How would describe best the module/activity?
Introduction – very useful (37.5%)
Assess and Classify the Sick Child Age 2 months up to 5 years -
very useful (100%)
Identify Treatment – very useful (100%)
Treat the Child – very useful (85%)
Counsel the Mother – very useful (85%)
Management of Sick Young Infant – very useful (100%)
Follow-Up – very useful (85%)
Outpatient Sessions – very useful (85%)
Inpatient Ward Sessions – very useful (85%)
Videos – very useful (75%)
Photograph examples and exercises – very useful (69%)
3. Which module or part of a module, if any,
did you find especially difficult to
understand? Why?
Counsel the Mother – needs to develop skills (4)
Treat the Child – 1
Follow-Up - 2
None - 7
No answer - 1
4. Which case management steps or skills did you find
especially difficult to understand or learn to do? What
would have helped you learn the skill more easily?
More clinical practice and more exposure – 6
Photographs should be more clear
Identifying chest indrawing in malnourished children
Counting RR of restless infants
Follow up with new problem
Provide checklist for play and commands for different age
groups
Laptop and LCD for each group – 2
No answer – 3
None - 1
5. What was good about the course? What was not
good and should be improved or left out for future
courses?
All modules were good.
Everything was good.
Not good – repetitious, not enough time to read
Update video/modules/chart booklet
Needs exposure for severe cases
6. Are there any skills that you need in managing
childhood illness that you think should be added to
the course? What are they?
IV insertion
NGT insertion
Newborn screening
Management of cerebral palsy, meningitis and
autism
7. Do you have any other comments or suggestions
for improvement of the course or the way in which
it was conducted?
Video and photograph of babies having jaundice
and convulsions
Improve accommodation and food
Should be live-in in a well-furnished facility to allow
night sessions when necessary
Better venue
8. Time spent on activity
85% said time was adequate

9. Are there heath care practices that you will do

differently when you return to your clinic of what
earned in this course? If so, what are they?
Yes, will apply all the skills learned