Pretest https://www.capacityplus.org/taxonomy/term/427/all en A Day in the Life of a Pretest: Applying CapacityPlus’s New Health Worker Productivity Tool https://www.capacityplus.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-pretest <div class="field field-type-text field-field-htmltitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>A Day in the Life of a Pretest: Applying Capacity<em>Plus</em>’s New Health Worker Productivity Tool</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>An important part of any field test of a new tool is to pretest the data collection instruments to ensure they are easy-to-use and comprehensible, as well as to provide hands-on experience and practice for the data collectors.<br /><br />Our pretest is in Pakgneum District, about an hour’s drive from Vientiane, the capital of the <a href="http://www.capacityplus.org/lao-pdr">Lao People’s Democratic Republic</a> (PDR). Our team is led by Dr. Loun Manivong, deputy director of the Lao PDR Ministry of Health’s Department of Health Personnel.<br /><br />When we arrive, we are warmly welcomed by the director of the district hospital and the staff. They are pleased to be selected to support the Ministry in its field test of <a href="http://www.capacityplus.org">Capacity<em>Plus</em></a>’s new Productivity Diagnostic and Improvement Toolkit. </p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authoring-information"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Author&#039;s name:&nbsp;</div> Wanda Jaskiewicz </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-publication-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Publication Date:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-single">June 2013</span> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="https://www.capacityplus.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-pretest" target="_blank">read more</a></p> https://www.capacityplus.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-pretest#comments Health Workers Lao PDR Pretest Productivity Diagnostic Toolkit Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:24:07 +0000 Carol Bales 1031 at https://www.capacityplus.org