Usually basic training in health services is a combination of theoretical, educational and practical learning skills.Īs a Health Extension Practitioner a large part of your work will involve teaching people in your local community about health matters. Education also refers to a process of training or receiving tuition. The word education means to gain general theoretical knowledge and this may or may not involve learning how to do any specific practical work, tasks or skills. Training usually means the act of being prepared for something, of being taught or learning a particular skill and practising it until the required standard is reached. Figure 6.1 These women are learning about health issues that are important to them.
