Participants from all six WHO regions – AFR, AMR, EUR, SEAR and WPR took part in the workshop to pre-test ICATT application. The workshop took place in IT training centre of Novartis with main objective to test adequacy and comprehensibility of technical content of ICATT.

The participants were asked to review all main parts of the tool and to discuss: options how these parts could be conducted with facilitation (various levels of health workers and/or course duration), possible further development for self-starters. Then workshop participants reviewed ICATT training units and relevant parts of the facilitator guide for ICATT training and classroom activities. The facilitator guide is based on the 11-days standard IMCI training course but especially written for ICATT-based IMCI courses. The participants worked in groups on various training units. Each group gave feedback on the units reviewed to the plenary. A lot of information and feedback was collected through this exercise.

Another important activity of the workshop was development of possible training scenarios. The participants were given three descriptions of fictitious countries where IMCI was being implemented and their task was to develop possible options for inclusion of ICATT in ongoing training programmes. Reviewing the Guide for course planning and organization and the Guide for clinical practice were a part of developing the scenarios session. These guides give detailed information how to plan/conduct a tailored training course. Based on the work in small groups some practical recommendations have been developed.

The workshop resulted in key recommendations for finalization of the tool and some practical suggestions for early implementation.

A copy of the workshop report is available on request.