1. Training Content and Orientation
Performance of Routine Information System Management (PRISM)
Assessment Training
Session 1:
Training Content and Orientation
MEASURE Evaluation
Date:

2. Training objectives
Goal: To develop knowledge and skills to use Performance of Routine Information System Management (PRISM) Tools to assess the performance of a routine health information system (RHIS) at national, district, and facility levels
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
Describe the roles of the RHIS in health service management
Explain the three determinants of RHIS performance
Describe the PRISM Framework
Use the PRISM Tools to assess RHIS performance, including data analysis
Elaborate on how to conduct a PRISM assessment

3. Training content Is based on the PRISM Framework
Introduces the set of PRISM Tools to improve RHIS performance
Introduces participants to the implementation of the PRISM assessment process
Provides participants with an overview of the analysis of PRISM results

4. Training schedule Concepts of HIS and RHIS
Introduction to the PRISM Framework
Measuring data quality
Day 1
Use of information for decision making
Overview of the PRISM Tools
Day 2
Overview of the PRISM Tools (continued)
PRISM assessment implementation
Day 3

5. Training methods Lecture Group work Group presentation
Group discussion

6. Evaluation Daily evaluation: recap of previous day’s sessions
Training evaluation at the end
Facilitator’s Note
Form groups (maximum 3) for recap of previous day’s session.
For each day, assign one group who will recap the previous day’s sessions.
For each day, nominate timekeepers.
Inform attendees that there is a training evaluation at the end of the training.

7. Training rules
Participants set the training rules and follow them Write the rules on flip chart(s) and post them on the wall so that those are visible all the time during the training.
Facilitator’s Note
Ask the participants to set training rules. Write them on flip chart and post them on the wall or other place so that those are visible all the time during the training.
Make sure that the following rules are noted:
Cell phones must be turned off in the classroom.
Speak loudly so that everyone can hear clearly.
Feel free to ask questions and express your opinion.
Speak to the entire group, not just to the trainers.
Only one person speaks at a time.
Keep the question and discussion to the point.

8. How to access the PRISM Series
This slide deck is one of nine in the PRISM Series Training Kit, which also includes a Participant’s Manual and a Facilitator’s Manual.
Also in the PRISM Series is a Toolkit (the centerpiece of the series) and a User’s Kit.
The PRISM Series is available in its entirety on MEASURE Evaluation’s website, here:

9. MEASURE Evaluation is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the terms of Cooperative Agreement AID-OAA-L It is implemented by the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in partnership with ICF International; John Snow, Inc.; Management Sciences for Health; Palladium; and Tulane University. The views expressed in this presentation do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States government.