Needs Assessment: Systems
Clinical mentors in resource-constrained settings need to have a broad understanding of systems-level issues. This includes a programmatic understanding of how patient flow is structured, patient records are kept, protocols implemented at the facility, and a general understanding of how clinics are organised. To assist clinical mentors with this assessment, we have developed tools that focus on systems and facility-level issues. These systems-level tools will not need to be completed at each site visit. Some are appropriate for measuring change over time, and some are better for an initial assessment only.
- Key Informant Interview Guide: Assessment for HIV Training and Education Planning
- File Type:
- Word Document
- Pages:
- 9
- Site Preparation Guide for Introduction of ARV Therapy and PMTCT Services
- File Type:
- Word Document
- Pages:
- 3
- Health Care Facility Survey Observation
- File Type:
- Word Document
- Pages:
- 6
- Site Assessments for Improving Patient Safety
- File Type:
- Word Document
- Pages:
- 3
- Assessing Practice Set-Up (A Narrative Description)
- File Type:
- Word Document
- Pages:
- 2
- Questionnaire HIV/AIDS Universal Precautions Indicators
- File Type:
- Word Document
- Pages:
- 11
An in-depth assessment tool to help you describe your existing health care system and your training needs. It will contribute toward planning for education and training that best meet those needs. You will find it very useful as you engage in building or strengthening your capacity to better serve HIV-infected people in your community. The form covers areas such as demographics of your HIV+ patient population, services you provide, staffing levels, and types of learning experiences, topics, and methods your staff might be most interested in. It will also help you identify any barriers to training.
The site preparation guide describes a plan providing general guidance on what services are needed to provide ARV therapy and PMTCT services. It gathers background information about the facility, infrastructure, and training information about the site.
The direct observation survey is for mentors to assess mentees' skill levels in taking medical histories, conducting physical exams, diagnosis, treatment and other general components to clinical care. This form can be used for baseline assessment and on-going monitoring and evaluation.
This document identifies ten areas for patient safety, including HR, practice set-up, referral and information flow, patient education, comprehensive care, HMIS, clinical tools, universal precautions, patient referral, and program effectiveness. It is useful for baseline assessments and for routine monitoring.
The practice set-up assessment has fifteen questions to guide mentor's assessment of systems existing within the clinic setting.
The questionnaire is a comprehensive document to assess what universal precautions are practiced at a site. It can be used to conduct baseline assessments and for routine monitoring.