دورية أكاديمية
Don’t wait for the perfect moment: The national training program in family medicine in Angola
| العنوان: | Don’t wait for the perfect moment: The national training program in family medicine in Angola |
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| المؤلفون: | Israel C. Avelino, Kama Sandra M. Chimuco, Niurka T. Díaz, Adelson G. Jantsch |
| المصدر: | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp e1-e4 (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: | AOSIS, 2024. |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | angola, primary health care, family practice, healthcare workforce, sub-saharan africa, Medicine, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| الوصف: | Like many Sub-Saharan countries, Angola struggles with a shortage of trained health professionals, especially for primary care. In 2021, the Angolan Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Angolan Medical Council launched the National Program for the Expansion of Family Medicine as a long-term strategy for the provision, fixation and training of family physicians in community health centres. Of the 425 residents 411 (96.7%) who entered the programme in 2021 will get their diplomas in the following months and will be certified as family physicians. Three main aspects make this National Programme unique in the Angolan context: (1) the common effort and engagement of the Ministry of Health with the Angolan Medical Council and local health authorities in designing and implementing this programme; (2) decentralisation of the training sites, with residents in all 18 provinces, including in rural areas and (3) using community health centres as the main site of practice and training. Despite this undeniable success, many educational improvements must be made, such as expanding the use of new educational resources, methodologies and assessment tools, so that aspects related to knowledge, practical skills and professional attitudes can be better assessed. Moreover, the programme must invest in faculty development courses aiming to create the next generation of preceptors, so that all residents can have in every rotation one preceptor or tutor responsible for the supervision of their clinical activities, case discussions and sharing their clinical duties, both at community health centres and municipal hospitals. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English French |
| تدمد: | 2071-2928 2071-2936 |
| العلاقة: | https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/4458Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2071-2928Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2071-2936Test |
| DOI: | 10.4102/phcfm.v16i1.4458 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/8dddb128e34e44368c26b4f162ccbfe4Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.8dddb128e34e44368c26b4f162ccbfe4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20712928 20712936 |
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| DOI: | 10.4102/phcfm.v16i1.4458 |