360-Degree Evaluation of a Primary Healthcare Centre Village Stay Programme for Medical Undergraduates
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 8
Abstract
Background: Indian Medical Grad-uates are expected to work as Medi-cal officersat Primary Health Cen-tres (PHC). However, their current training provides inadequate oppor-tunity for practical understanding of PHC, especially the administra-tive aspects. Methods: Medical Undergraduates (3rd MBBS, part 1) were posted at four PHCsfor four days. Orientation sessions and post visit presentation were carried out one day before and after the residential posting. Teach-ing was by group discussions, in-formal interactions with the local communities, interview of the PHC staff, observation of the activities, analysis of various PHC records and reports, mainly as self-directed activities. Pre and post-test were conducted to assess the gain in knowledge. Results: Mean pre-test score was 6.50 (SD=1.93) and post test score was 11.7 (SD=1.41). There was sig-nificant improvement in scores [5.20 (SD=2.25), p<0.001, Wilcoxon sign rank test). Programme was ap-preciated by students, villagers, PHC medical officers and the facili-tators. Main problems identified were logistic issues, hectic schedule and expectations from the villagers. Conclusions: The PHC village stay is an effective and acceptable teach-ing strategy for better understand-ing of rural health issues. The local community, PHC staff and Facilita-tors appreciated the programme.
Authors and Affiliations
Dinesh Kumar, Uday S Singh, Tushar Patel, Manisha Gohel
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