7 • • • • Family Therapy Problem solving therapy Brief Therapeutic Interview Care for caregivers This course was supported by several manuals12 and the follow up consisted of monthly supervision visits for six months and a one-day Refresher course after the first three months post training. At the end of the six months, trainees were taken for a five-day Trainers’ course. A total of 15 Health workers including Social Workers were trained as Trainers who are going to train others in Year 2000. Nurse Survey[1999] This was an attempt to evaluate the effects of the Basic Skills and the Core Counsellor programmes. A questionnaire survey was complemented by a more formal evaluation by an independent consultant, who interviewed a cross-section of the trainees and administrators in Mount Darwin District. A questionnaire covering all areas of the training, including all previous training, of nurses was prepared. A total of 245 questionnaires were sent out, virtually to all nurses in Mashonaland Central Province. A total of 28 completed questionnaires were returned, which is an extremely low rate of responding, only 11%. The questionnaires were distributed through the Provincial Nursing Officers Department via all senior staff in the Province. Age[mean; s.dev]: Gender: Male Female Qualification: SRN SCN Specialism Additional training 30.9[4.7] 6 22 21 9 4 16 Of the respondents, about half had not received any training by AMANI. Of those reporting training, all had received the Basic Skills programme and three-quarters had attended the Core Counselling programme. These were acceptable numbers for evaluation purposes since the sample was 44% of the Core Counselling programme. Received training Not received training 12 17 Received basic training Received core counselling 12 8 12 See Reeler,A.P. [199]), The Chiweshe Nurse-Counsellor Programme: Resource Manual (revised), HARARE:AMANI; Reeler,A.P., MBAPE, P., HLATYWAYO, E., MATSHONA-DUBE, J., & MHETURA, J. [1999], A Trauma Counselling Handbook, HARARE: AMANI. Training nurses in the assessment and management of psychological disorders: Report of AMANI Trust’s programme in Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe.