Browsing College of Health Sciences (CHS) by Subject "Medical education"
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A consortium approach to competency‑based undergraduate medical education in Uganda: Process, opportunities and challenges.
(Medknow Publications, 2014)ABSTRACT Background: Uganda, like the rest of Africa, is faced with serious health challenges including human immunodeficiency virus infection/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), other infectious diseases and ... -
Developing methods of evaluation appropriate to undergraduate teaching in general practice at Glasgow University
(University of Glasgow, 1977-04)The teaching of general practice in the undergraduate medical curriculum now takes place in all medical schools in the United Kingdom. The main expansion has taken place after the Report of the Royal Commission on Medical ... -
Feasibility of virtual reality based training for optimising COVID-19 case handling in Uganda
(BMC Medical Education, 2022)Background: Epidemics and pandemics are causing high morbidity and mortality on a still-evolving scale exemplifed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Infection prevention and control (IPC) training for frontline health workers is ... -
Investing in community-based education to improve the quality, quantity, and retention of physicians in three African countries.
(Education for Health, 2013)Context: Th e Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) is a $US 130 million program funded by the United States government supporting 13 African medical schools to increase the quantity, quality, and retention of ... -
Lessons learnt from comprehensive evaluation of community-based education in Uganda: a proposal for an ideal model community-based education for health professional training institutions
(BioMed Central, 2011)Background: Community-based education (CBE) can provide contextual learning that addresses manpower scarcity by enabling trainees acquire requisite experiences, competence, confidence and values. In Uganda, many health ... -
Standardizing assessment practices of undergraduate medical competencies across medical schools: Challenges, opportunities and lessons learned from a consortium of medical schools in Uganda.
(African Field Epidemiology Network, 2014)Abstract Introduction: Health professions education is gradually moving away from the more traditional approaches to new innovative ways of training aimed at producing professionals with the necessary competencies to ...