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Training and Continuing Health Education Programme

         Continuing education, In-service training and Pre-service training programmes are organized for the Health Officers, Medical Officers, Nurses and other paramedical staff through eight Regional Training Institutes (RTI) namely Institute of Public Health, Poonamallee, Health and Family Welfare Training Centres (HFWTC) at Egmore, Madurai, Health Manpower Development Institures at Villupuram and Salem, Institute of Vector Control and Zoonoses, Hosur and Regional Institute of Public Health, Thiruvarankulam, Pudukottai and HFWTC, Gandhigram, Dindigul.

         The Institute of Public Health Poonamallee is recognised as national collaborative training centre with National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi.

         In these eight institutes one year Multi-Propose Health Worker (Male) Training course is conducted. The Training programmes organised by the National Health Mission, Capacity building trainings in Skilled Birth Attendance (SBA), Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC, six months training), Life Saving Anaesthesia Skills (LSAS, six months training), Skill lab programmes, Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness, Immunization, Integrated Disease Surveillance and Control Programme (IDSP), Computer training and other NHM training programmes are organized in these training institutes Ultra sonogram training is given to Primary Health Centres Doctors for detection of congenital deformities during pregnancy in Public Private Partnership mode.

         Presently there are twelve Auxiliary Nurse and Midwifery (ANM) Training Schools in the State. These Schools are conducting

two year pre- service ANM Training course.

REGIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTES (RTI)

    1. Health and Family Welfare Training Centre (HFWTC), Egmore, Chennai

    2. Health and Family Welfare Training Centres (HFWTC), Madurai

    3. Health Manpower Development Institute (HMDI), Villupuram

    4. Health Manpower Development Institute (HMDI), Salem

    5. Institute of Public Health, Poonamallee

    6. Regional Training Institute of Public Health, Thiruvarankulam, Pudukkottai

    7. Institute of Vector Control and Zoonosis (IVCZ), Hosur

    8. Health and Family Welfare Training Centres (HFWTC), Gandhigram, Dindigul

Auxiliary Nurse & Midwifery Training Schools (ANM)

   1. ANM Training School @Institutes of Public Health, Poonamallee

    2. ANM Training School @ Regional Training Institute of Public Health,Thiruvarankulam , Pudukkottai

    3. ANM Training School @ Health and Family Welfare Training Centre (HFWTC), Egmore, Chennai.

    4. ANM Training School @ Health and Family Welfare Training Centre (HFWTC), Madurai

    5. ANM Training School @ Health Visitor Training School , Triplicane, Chennai

    6. ANM Training School @ Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli

    7. ANM Training School @ Marandhahalli, Dharmapuri District

    7. ANM Training School @ Community Health Centre, Manickkapalayam, Namakkal District

    8. ANM Training School @ Community Health Centre, Veerapandi, Theni District

    10. ANM Training School @ Community Health Centre, Poovanthi, Sivaganga

    11. ANM Training School @ HMDI, viilupuram

    12. ANM Training School @ Gandhigramm Rural Training Centre, Dindigul District

Ongoing New Trainings

  • Life Saving Anesthesia Skill Training for Medical Officers (LSAS)
  • Emergency Obstetric Care Training for Medical Officers (Emoc)
  • Scan Training
  • Master of Public Health at NIE
  • Health Officer Training

District Level Team

  • District Training Team Medical Officer
  • Block Training Team (Block level)

LONG TERM TRAINING

  • Life Saving Anesthesia Skill Training for Medical Officers (LSAS) - 6 months (Through 11 Medical Colleges)

    • 19 batches completed and 566 Medical Officers trained.

  • Emergency Obstetric Care Training for Medical Officers (Emoc) - 6 months (Through KGH, Triplicane)<
  • 19 batches completed and 130 Medical Officers trained.

Multi Purpose Health Worker (Male) Training

  • Multipurpose Health Worker (Male) Training – 1 year course
  • The Training is Conducted in 6 Regional Training Institutes, IPH Poonamallee, HFWTC Madurai, HMDI Villupuram, Salem, IVC&Z , Hosur and RTIPH, Thiruvarangulam
  • The inservice training is given to Lab Technician Grade-III of Public Health Department and Sanitary Supervisors of Municipal Administration Deapartment
  • During the year 2015-16, 199 Lab Technician Grade-III and 51 Sanitary Supervisors, totally 250 candidates were trained in these Institutes.
  • For the year 2016-17, 135 Lab Technician Grade-III are under going the training

Multi Purpose Health Worker (Male) Training

  • Multi Purpose Health Worker (Male) –One Year Training
  • During the year (2011-12) ,300 candidates were trained
  • During the year (2013-14) ,600 candidates were trained
  • During the year 2015-16, 250 candidates were trained
  • For the year 2016-17, 135 candidates will be trained

Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (Female) Training (ANM)

Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (Female) Training -2 year course

  • During the year (2013-15) ,210 candidates were trained

  • During the year (2014-16), 540 candidates were trained
  • During the year (2015-17), 400 candidates are undergoing training
  • For the year (2016-18), 510 candidates propose to be trained