Revanna Siddeswara, the District Program Manager of Tumkur facilitated a session on ‘Check list for BPM Field Visit’ on 20th of March 2012 for the Block Program Mangers
The session started with a brief on NRHM and organizational structure in health system. Then the role of BPM according to their terms of reference was discussed in detail. This was followed by a role play where one group representing the BPM had to interact with the PHC staff, represented by another group and collect relevant data, check registers and further guide the PHC staff on particular issues. The role play brought to light many issues related to the completeness of information collected under various national programs and issues related to interpersonal communication of the BPM in successfully getting such information. These issues were then discussed by the group. The session concluded with the facilitator presenting the check list that could be used as a guiding document for BPM on any field visit.
