Course description: This basic community and event-based surveillance training is prepared for 3 days to PHEM officers, other health professionals and CEBS focal who are working on CEBS activities. It will enable them to detect and investigate diseases/events/conditions, so as to strengthen the surveillance system at community level.

Course goal: To provide participants with necessary knowledge, skill and attitude needed to undertake CEBS

Course objectives:   By the end of this training course, the participants will be able to:

• Describe the importance of community and event-based surveillance;
• Describe the contribution and active participation of actors and stakeholders in CEBS implementation;
• Aware on the CEBS strategies and steps of establishment;
• Identify source of CEBS information, data capturing and sharing to the next level;
• Describe the implementation, arrangement and coordination of CEBS system;
• Describe the roles and responsibilities of each actor, stakeholders involving in community and event-based surveillance;
• Evaluate and Monitor CEBS activities: improve implementation, strengthen supervision and feedback system.

Training methods:

• Interactive presentation/lecture
• Exercises/group discussions, case study, Q and A
• Daily recap, wrap up
• Role play
• Self-reflection, think-pair-share

Training materials

• Pen, handbook, flipchart, laptop/computer, marker, LCD projector, used during the training
• Participant manual and Facilitator guide
• Pre/post-test, daily and end of training evaluation forms

Trainee’s selection criteria:

• Participants for this course should be health professionals/ HEWs, surveillance focal/PHEM officers and
• Community volunteers/ leaders, having an interest to work on CEBS network

Trainer selection criteria

• Had participated in CEBS manual or training material preparation and
• Trained on CEBS TOT training or
• Experience in facilitating/coordinating training

Mode of evaluation

Participant evaluation:

Formative

• Pretest, and group presentation

Summative

• Knowledge assessment (80%): post-test-exam
• Participant’s activity 20%: Attendance and participation

Course evaluation

• Daily evaluation
• Daily trainer’s feedback evaluation
• End course evaluation

Certification criteria

• Participants will be certified when they score more than 70% in the summative assessment and
• Full attendance of the training duration

 Trainee/trainer composition

• 30-35 trainee for basic training and 20 for TOT with 1:5 ratio

Course venue:

• Training centers which can accommodate trainees and trainers with adequate ventilation
• Suggested class size: 60 m²

• Listing ID: 5906
• Course Code: 08AAUTAH/0120/COU0009/13/21
• CPD Unit: 15
• Course Duration: 3 Days

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