Table 2 The evaluation details of the 5 training courses according to the six principles of the Cooke framework
Principles | Indicators | Bobo-Dioulasso 2008 | Banjul 2009 | Bissau, 2010 | Lome, 2012 | Gbanrga, 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre test | Post test | Pre test | Post test | Pre test | Post test | Pre test | Post test | Pre test | Post test | ||
Capacity and confidence building | Number of people with < 50% correct answers | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Number of people with ≥50% correct answers | 12 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 10 | |||
Average of correct answers (%) | 43 | 56 | 45 | 52 | 43,5 | 61,5 | 65,8 | 88,6 | |||
Research companies after training | 13 protocols developed and 11 implemented | Two protocols developed and one implemented | Four protocols developed and two implemented | ||||||||
Practice-Related Research | Involvement of staff in research (number or proportion of people involved in research after training) | 22 trained agents undertook research after training | 2 trained agents undertook the research | 10 trained agents undertook research after training | |||||||
Enhanced Research through Partnership | Between the new and the experienced | Yes Collaboration between researchers and programme manager | Yes Collaboration between researchers and programme manager | Yes Collaboration between researchers and programme manager | |||||||
Strengthening the interprofessional link | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
Impact of dissemination | Articles published in journals | Two articles published | |||||||||
Conference Papers | |||||||||||
Dissemination workshops | Two dissemination workshops | ||||||||||
Results used | Three experiences in using the reported results | ||||||||||
Continuity and sustainability | Access to financing | 13 funded protocols | 1 funded protocols | 2 funded protocols | |||||||
Research Infrastructure | Institutional support to undertake research | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||