Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination, Islamabad, Pakistan.
East Mediterr Health J. 2022 Feb 27;28(2):163-168. doi: 10.26719/emhj.21.064.
Pakistan's Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, with support from the World Health Organization, developed and implemented the "We Care" programme to protect frontline health care workers engaged in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response.
This paper reports on the training part of the programme, which aimed to train 100 000 frontline health care workers on the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and on the lessons learnt from implementation of the training.
A team of experts developed the curriculum and its accompanying material. Initial training was given to deans of all participating institutions and to master trainers from each university. Staff of all public and private hospitals enrolled in the training and other frontline health care workers were invited to register individually. Four types of educational material were produced and used a guidance booklet, a training video, a set of PowerPoint presentations to explain the PPE and their use, and a poster.
A total of 2000 training sessions were conducted across the country from May to December 2020 and 100 000 frontline health care workers were trained on the use of PPE. Of those trained, 25% were doctors, 35% were nurses and paramedics, and 40% were allied health staff, with an almost equal gender distribution.
With limited resources and over a short period, the We Care programme trained a large number of frontline health care workers, which enhanced their safety and reduced the irrational use of PPE.
巴基斯坦国家卫生服务、法规和协调部在世界卫生组织的支持下，制定并实施了“关爱”计划，以保护参与 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）应对的一线医护人员。
本文报告了该计划的培训部分，旨在培训 10 万名一线医护人员正确使用个人防护设备（PPE），并总结培训实施过程中的经验教训。
一个专家组制定了课程及其配套材料。最初的培训是针对所有参与机构的院长和来自每所大学的主要培训师进行的。所有公立和私立医院的工作人员都被邀请报名参加培训，其他一线医护人员也可以个人注册。共制作和使用了四种教育材料，包括一本指导手册、一段培训视频、一套用于解释 PPE 及其使用方法的幻灯片，以及一张海报。
2020 年 5 月至 12 月，在全国范围内共举办了 2000 次培训课程，培训了 10 万名一线医护人员如何使用 PPE。在接受培训的人员中，医生占 25%，护士和医护人员占 35%，辅助卫生人员占 40%，性别分布几乎相等。
在有限的资源和短时间内，关爱计划培训了大量的一线医护人员，提高了他们的安全性，减少了不合理使用 PPE 的情况。
