RESUMO
This descriptive, cross-sectional study of Sudanese medical schools aimed to describe and analyse the proportion of their curricula currently allocated for teaching of communicable diseases and to assess the teaching methods and student assessment tools. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from heads of departments and students in 20 of the 27 medical faculties and from ministry of health staff at federal and state levels. Curriculum designs ranged from traditional to innovative, community-oriented programmes. Problems regarding student evaluations were identified. Major limitations included shortages of staff, reference materials and teaching aids. Poor knowledge of students about different aspects of diseases endemic in Sudan was found. Recommendations include curriculum development, staff recruitment and training, and improvement of teaching and training of students.
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Competência Clínica , Doenças Transmissíveis/epidemiologia , Educação Médica/normas , Doenças Endêmicas , Faculdades de Medicina , Doenças Transmissíveis/diagnóstico , Doenças Transmissíveis/terapia , Estudos Transversais , Currículo , Educação Médica/tendências , Avaliação Educacional/normas , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Aprendizagem Baseada em Problemas , Sudão/epidemiologia , Ensino/métodosRESUMO
In 2001 the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Gezira (FMUG) started to introduce the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy into its medical curriculum. The emphasis was on pre-service training that addresses standard case management and the IMCI community component. This report presents the experience of FMUG in integrating such a training package into the medical curriculum. It explains the rationale for introducing the IMCI community component and the guiding principles for doing so. It describes the community-based courses into which the community component was integrated, the implementation and impact of the programme and the constraints faced.
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Administração de Caso/organização & administração , Medicina Comunitária/educação , Currículo , Educação de Graduação em Medicina/organização & administração , Pediatria/educação , Criança , Transtornos da Nutrição Infantil/epidemiologia , Transtornos da Nutrição Infantil/prevenção & controle , Competência Clínica , Doenças Transmissíveis/epidemiologia , Doenças Transmissíveis/terapia , Medicina Comunitária/organização & administração , Participação da Comunidade , Continuidade da Assistência ao Paciente/organização & administração , Medicina de Família e Comunidade/educação , Medicina de Família e Comunidade/organização & administração , Guias como Assunto , Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde , Humanos , Objetivos Organizacionais , Pais/educação , Pais/psicologia , Pediatria/organização & administração , Atenção Primária à Saúde/organização & administração , Aprendizagem Baseada em Problemas , Desenvolvimento de Programas , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Sudão/epidemiologia , Gestão da Qualidade Total/organização & administraçãoRESUMO
Basic development needs (BDN) is an approach to community development that aims at improving quality of life through the full involvement and self-management of communities, supported by intersectoral collaboration. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of BDN implementation in an area of Sudan on aspects of a programme implemented by students from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira. The study revealed that the joint implementation of BDN programmes and students' interventions brought about marked improvement of family and community practices as well as greater reduction in the incidence of all assessed major childhood illnesses (diarrhoea, cough and fever) than when the students' programme was implemented alone. BDN implementation also facilitated the retrieval of good quality community-based data.
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Proteção da Criança , Planejamento em Saúde Comunitária/organização & administração , Participação da Comunidade , Promoção da Saúde/organização & administração , Estudantes de Medicina , Cuidado da Criança , Pré-Escolar , Participação da Comunidade/métodos , Tosse/epidemiologia , Tosse/prevenção & controle , Estudos Transversais , Coleta de Dados , Diarreia/epidemiologia , Diarreia/prevenção & controle , Feminino , Febre/epidemiologia , Febre/prevenção & controle , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde , Pesquisa sobre Serviços de Saúde , Humanos , Masculino , Pais/educação , Pais/psicologia , Desenvolvimento de Programas , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Autocuidado/métodos , Autocuidado/psicologia , Sudão/epidemiologia , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
This descriptive, cross-sectional study of Sudanese medical schools aimed to describe and analyse the proportion of their curricula currently allocated for teaching of communicable diseases and to assess the teaching methods and student assessment tools. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from heads of departments and students in 20 of the 27 medical faculties and from ministry of health staff at federal and state levels. Curriculum designs ranged from traditional to innovative, community-oriented programmes. Problems regarding student evaluations were identified. Major limitations included shortages of staff, reference materials and teaching aids. Poor knowledge of students about different aspects of diseases endemic in Sudan was found. Recommendations include curriculum development, staff recruitment and training, and improvement of teaching and training of students
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Ensino , Faculdades de Medicina , Estudos Transversais , Estudantes de Medicina , Conhecimento , Currículo , Doenças TransmissíveisRESUMO
In 2001 the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Gezira [FMUG] started to introduce the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness [IMCI] strategy into its medical curriculum. The emphasis was on pre-service training that addresses standard case management and the IMCI community component. This report presents the experience of FMUG in integrating such a training package into the medical curriculum. It explains the rationale for introducing the IMCI community component and the guiding principles for doing so. It describes the community-based courses into which the community component was integrated, the implementation and impact of the programme and the constraints faced