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. 2022 Jun 14;6(6):e32964. doi: 10.2196/32964

Table 2.

Timeline: REaCHa development, training process, and feasibility study.

Period Training phase Details
April-May 2020 Training development
  • REaCH training developed for online delivery (using Moodle and mobile devices)

July 2020 Pretesting
  • REaCH training pretested with university-based professionals in Tanzania (n=11) and the United Kingdom (n=1)

  • Online training delivery mode found to be acceptable

July-August 2020 Adaptation
  • REaCH training adapted to include:

    • Use of WhatsApp

    • Facilitator and trainee guides

    • Cascade notes

    • Introductory video

    • Downloadable materials

August-September 2020b Feasibility study (as reported in this paper)
  • REaCH training delivered to 12 tier 1 trainees, Ulanga District

  • Training completed by 12 trainees

  • Evaluation completed by 10 (83%) trainees

  • Cascade training delivered by 9 (75%) trained tier 1 trainers to 63 tier 2 trainees

August 2020-March 2022 Trial
  • Stepped-wedge trial of REaCH training in Tanzania and Nigeria underway

aREaCH: remote consulting in primary health care.

bData collected and analyzed in this paper.