(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) organised a three-day trainer education course under the 'I Am a Paramedic' programme.
The programme will cover 19 Supreme Education Council schools in Al Shamal during the academic year 2014-2015, with QR1m from Ras Laffan Community Outreach Programme.
Training on the first two days was held at the Medical Affairs Department of QRC in Doha and the last day was hosted by QRC's Al Khor Branch.
Fifteen trainees from local institutions attended the course delivered by QRC instructors.
It featured interactive discussions on how to plan, develop and execute a course for trainers in different fields and types and levels of training with a focus on technical and administrative arrangements to enable trainers to train target groups.
It aimed to improve the participants' training and lecturing skills, highlight the importance of training, clarify the general goals and the role of training programmes, explain the process and conditions of successful training and increase the proficiency of participants in designing training programmes.
It also explained the process and conditions of successful training to increase proficiency of participants in designing training programmes, including identifying training needs, setting programme goals, selecting methods of instruction, and evaluating the effectiveness of training programmes.
Rashid bin Saad Al Mohannadi, Director, Social Development Department, QRC and Al Khor Branch, said, "The programme aimed to prepare theoretically and practically qualified trainers, particularly in first aid, who are adept at designing, delivering, and assessing training courses through scientific and competent ways. QRC organises such courses regularly."
Mohalal Ahmed, a QRC medical volunteer and trainee, stressed the need to know first aid basics for instant response to everyday accidents and increasing the number of trainees in the region.
He thanked QRC for holding such courses to qualify its staff to train others in how to deal with injured people.
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