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Train-the-trainer strategy for rapid scale-up of disaster preparedness training

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description

A train-the-trainer team strategy prepares large numbers of health professionals rapidly by training cohorts who can then cascade the training. In the reviewed study, a 3-day workshop in the Philippines used "a train‐the‐trainer team strategy" to rapidly prepare 364 hospital-based health professionals to detect, isolate, and safely manage Ebola virus disease, with the workshop consisting of 18 lectures and 10 practical/small-group sessions including repeated PPE donning/doffing practice with contamination simulation using red paint.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Collaborative development with health authorities (DOH and WHO in the reviewed study)
  • Practical small-group sessions including PPE donning/doffing practice

Constraints

  • Knowledge regarding transmission improved but remained suboptimal (post 59.1% correct for the transmission routes item)

Target Learners

  • hospital-based health professionals
  • nurses

Learning Goals

  • Ebola preparedness
  • screening and triage
  • PPE use
  • infection prevention and control

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Delbene Lara, Mezini Sara, Cacciabue Camilla, Watson Roger, Aleo Giuseppe, Di Nitto Marco, Zanini Milko, Catania Gianluca, Sasso Loredana, Bagnasco Annamaria. (2026). Effective Educational Programs for Disaster Preparedness and Management: A Rapid Evidence Assessment. International Nursing Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.70193
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type design
id train-the-trainer-disaster-preparedness-element
title Train-the-trainer strategy for rapid scale-up of disaster preparedness training
description A train-the-trainer team strategy prepares large numbers of health professionals rapidly by training cohorts who can then cascade the training.
status review
generated by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-04
trust unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
sources 1 — delbene-lara-2026

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