Welcome to Training in Assistive Products (TAP). Please read the information below and complete part A and part B of this form before you begin the training.
Participant information sheet
Welcome to Training in Assistive Products (TAP). This training is the first step of the Nepal TAP project with the Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal, led by Mobility India and the World Health Organization. This project is intended to help make assistive products such as walking aids, reading glasses and toilet chairs more accessible for people accessing health or social welfare services in Nepal.
Please read the information below and complete part A (agreement) and part B (enrolment survey) before you begin the training
Information about TAP: TAP is an online learning programme for personnel who are, or will be:
- Identifying people who need assistive products, referring them to the right service or person and/or
- Providing simple assistive products.
The TAP modules you are taking can be accessed using a computer, tablet or smart-phone. During your TAP learning, you will also have face to face support from mentors.
If you have a question now, or at any time when you are going through this training, you can:
- Discuss with your mentor or the project coordinator
- Discuss with your colleagues
- Post your question on the communication group your mentor will set up (check with your mentor)
Your feedback is important: At the end of the training, you will be asked to complete a short (20 minutes) online feedback survey. You may also be asked to provide feedback in other ways such as through a group discussion (of up to 90 minutes). Your participation in these feedback activities is voluntary, and they will be carried out during working hours, at a convenient time for yourself and your service manager / supervisor.
TAP data collection: TAP collects information about TAP learners (including you) through this enrolment survey (up to 20 minutes) and the feedback survey (up to 20 minutes) you will be asked to complete later. Quiz scores are also collected, and information such as how many and which modules you complete. When learners participate in discussion groups to share experiences and give feedback, an audio recording of the discussions will be made and then used to create a written record. The audio record will then be deleted.
Before this information is used it will be de-identified. This means that the names, and personal details are removed. This way, no-one looking at the information will know whose information it is.
The de-identified information is then used to help prepare reports about this TAP training and for research to help understand:
- How well TAP is working for learners and how it can be improved
- The thoughts of learners about the provision of assistive products in their workplace or future workplace
- What other actions could be taken to improve access to assistive technology.
The de-identified information is held securely by the World Health Organization. It may be combined with data from other TAP projects, and it may be shared with project partners, donors, and researchers and with the broader interested community through publications and reports.
If you have any questions about the TAP data collection, you can ask the project coordinator, or email: [email protected]