Appropriate training for maternal health and the attributes of the trainer.
This review describes the qualities which those who are trainers in safe motherhood and other programs should display. The educational principles and objectives for maternal health workers, based on the tasks which they have to do and expressed in the skills and competences they must attain, are related to practical methods of training. Problem-based learning is advocated and the value of distance education for rural workers is discussed.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
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D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012423:Rural Health; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards*