Transfer of Learning: A Guide for Strengthening the Performance of Health Care Workers

The primary purpose of the guide is to share strategies and techniques that can be used before, during and after training interventions to ensure support for the transfer of knowledge and skills to improve performance on the job. The strategies and techniques for transferring learning are presented in a matrix allowing the user to navigate through the content. A case story demonstrates how to implement some of the ideas shared in the matrix while examining several factors that affect worker performance. The CD-ROM contains forms for completing an action plan, a primary tool for coordinating the transfer of learning to enable you to maximize the transfer of learning in a specific situation. An example of a completed action plan is also included.

The information in the Transfer of Learning Guide enables all of the stakeholders involved in a training intervention to play their respective roles in ensuring that transfer of learning occurs. Stakeholders in the training and learning process may include policy makers and officials at national, regional and local levels, program planners, supervisors, trainers, learners and their co-workers. Intrah/PRIME II and JHPIEGO feel that for learning interventions to be successful, stakeholders must work together as partners with a common goal.