The physical facilities must be adequate to deliver the theoretical and practical components of the training. For the theoretical training, facilities must include an online teaching and learning platform. For the practical training, facilities must include a skills laboratory adequate in size to accommodate the number of learners trained per session. The venue must be suitable to be able to practice and demonstrate competence in the education and counselling of patient. The skills laboratory must also provide adequate storeroom facilities for keeping equipment and consumables and must include an area(s) for practice simulations and an area(s) where practical assessments can be conducted.
The equipment in the skills laboratory to deliver practical training must include adequate numbers of the following:
| • | Intramuscular medical device/medicine administration training pads |
| • | Subcutaneous/subdermal medical device/medicine administration training pads |
| • | Different needles and syringes suitable for family planning services; |
| • | Alcohol swabs, cotton wool balls, gauze swabs, plasters |
| • | Biohazardous materials and sharps disposal containers and medical waste receptacle |
| • | Scale and height measure |
| • | Condom trainer, female, and male condoms |
| • | Pregnancy and ovulation tests |
| • | Thermometer and an ovulation thermometer to measure basal body temperature (BBT) |
| • | Examples of the different pill packs (COCs and POPs) |
| • | Contraceptive patches (placebos if possible) |
| • | Examples of the two main types of IUDs (and a device to illustrate where an IUD is placed in the uterus) |
| • | Example of the hormonal implant |
| • | Urine collection containers |
| • | Examples of injectable contraceptives |
| • | Pamphlets and posters on family planning |
| • | Personal protective equipment, i.e. masks and gloves |
| • | Chlorine or alcohol-based disinfectant for cleaning vaccine spills |
