There are various method used in Training methods used in hospitals and healthcare setups.Some of them are -

Lecture Method

A classical lecture is a situation where an expert gives a talk on a subject to a large audience and 'information' is communicated to others. It has limited involvement of the participants and also doesn't ensure that the participants have 'learnt' what was 'taught'. In inservice training the lecture should provide the trainees specific job related information. Therefore, the effort is to involve the trainees in session for their maximal benefit and the term 'lecture discussion' is used differentiating of it from 'didactic' lecture.

Role Play

The trainees assume a role and enact it in fsont of the group. It helps in developing insight into the behaviour of self and others. The role player can examine delicate problems in human or inter-personal relation.

Role play is an effective training method when the objective is an attitudinal change dealing with feelings and emotion. For example, how to communicate to the mother about the death of her child on the operation table may be demonstrated very accurately

through a role play. A lecture may not be able to explain the verbal and non-verbal gestures so easily displayed through a role play. Similarly for teaching counseling skills role play again is perhaps the best method. However, a role play may be successfully used for training skills like history taking, filling of ANC card etc.

In a role play the script (verbal statement) along with the feelings associated are given to all the role players which they enact in front of the audience. Such role plays are known as structured role plays. On the other extreme the situation is explained to the

actors and the script is open. These are unstructured or spontaneous role plays. In the middle come semi structured role plays. Spontaneous role plays bring out the feelings very well and are very useful in imparting training in communication and counselling

skills. Structured role plays are used in management training especially for negotiation skills.

Case Method

Case method is an experiential method of learning. Learning follows experience. It comes from learner himself. Every individual's experience is unique to himself. None can tell him what he is to learn or gain from any activity. Learning can be devised but

it is for the participant to validate for himself.

Case method uses a description of a real life situation, records for use in a training session as material for discussions and learning. Case leads upto a problem but gives no answer of any kind; no one right answer is obvious. The case method is particularly suitable for developing multiple ways of thinking because it forces