Training schedules for Vision Centre Staffs

Rengaraj Kumar MBA
Fellow in Eye Hospital Management
Aravind Eye Care System.

Vision Centre is a concept, for prevention and treatment of potentially blinding eye diseases through primary health care (PHC). It includes the identification, with treatment or referral, of individuals with treatable causes of blindness; and the diagnosis and treatment of common eye diseases. The principle behind Vision Centre is fair distribution; community involvement; focus on prevention; appropriate technology; multi-sectorial approach.

Vision centre should ideally have 3 staff. It includes a paramedical staff, non clinical staff and a community worker.

Paramedical staff basically trained as a refractionist who performs refraction, takes care of medication, slit lamp, counsel the patient about the importance of the problem. The same person may be additionally trained for optical dispensing.

Non clinical staff he takes care of patient flow, does computer operation, maintains statistics, and prescribes glass and maintains information.

Community worker he trains volunteers who does field work. He is involved in networking with leaders and schools. He is engaged in surveillance and does enumeration. The volunteers are trained to do preliminary vision check. He should also coordinate with other vision centres.

Training is very essential for Vision centre workers. We have provided you with the training schedule for various cadres working in vision centre. This article would benefit the HR team in training the vision centre staff.

Training schedule for Vision Assistant
Duration : 20 Days

S.no Areas Duration
1 Basic Orientation
To learn:
  1. About the project
  2. Job description
  3. Orientation about the training programme
  4. Hospital tour & meeting with key staff
0.5 days
2 Clinical orientation
To learn:
  1. Anatomy of the eye
  2. Common eye diseases
  3. Treatment types, follow up details etc
  4. Basic ophthalmic drugs
  5. Equipments type, usage, handling procedures etc.
1.5 days
3 Out patient department
To learn:
  1. Patient registration system
  2. Case sheet filing & retrieval
  3. Patient examination process
  4. Vision examination
  5. Torch light examination
  6. BP
  7. Refraction
  8. Tension & duct
  9. Slit lamp examination
  10. Patient Counselling
Practical exercise:
  1. Setting up the OP examination table
  2. Setting up the refraction table
  3. Vision examination
  4. VA measurement
  5. BP
  6. Torch light examination
  7. Patient counselling
6 days
4 Ward
To learn:
  1. Pre & post operative clinical procedures
  2. Pre & post operative counselling
  3. Pre & post operative medications
  4. Follow up schedules
2 days
5 Medical records
To learn:
  1. Data entry
  2. ICD classification
  3. Reports generation
2 days
6 Optical dispensing
To learn:
  1. Spectacles making procedures
  2. Spectacle counselling
  3. Equipments, frames etc
1 day
7 General administration
To learn:
  1. Stock management
  2. Accounts management
  3. Sterilization and maintenance
2 days
8 Kiosk operator training 5 days
Total training days 20 days


Community Worker

The community worker will be responsible for organizing the community based activities with the active support and guidance of the project manager.

Eligibility:

Need to be a graduate in social work.

Areas of Training Duration 1 week
Anatomy of eye 1 day
Clinical facts of eye disease, treatment 2 days
Population statistics 1 day
Community participation 1/2 day
Data collection methods and monitoring 1/2 day
Methods of getting volunteers and involving them 1/2 day
Establishing rapport with NGO and Government Organisation 1/2 day
Awareness creation and education programme 1/2 day

Vision centre co-coordinator (Non clinical staff)

The vision centre coordinator will be responsible for the administrative functions and data management including arranging the patient consultations with the doctor using internet connectivity and documenting the whole processes.

Eligibility : Need to be a graduate.

Areas of Training Duration 4 days
Internet operation 1 day
Basic accounting procedures 1 days
Data management, report generation and getting backup 1 day
Patient Counselling 1/2 day
Sterilization and maintenance of equipment 1/2 day