Taking primary care continuing professional education to rural areas: lessons from the United Arab Emirates.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of a practice based multidisciplinary educational program. DESIGN: A descriptive account of experiences in introducing a new program of continuing professional development. SETTING: Rural primary health care centres in the United Arab Emirates. SUBJECTS: All staff wor...

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Publicado en:Australian Journal of Rural Health Vol. 11; no. 6; pp. 271 - 277
Autores principales: Revel T, Yussuf H
Formato: tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2003
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of a practice based multidisciplinary educational program. DESIGN: A descriptive account of experiences in introducing a new program of continuing professional development. SETTING: Rural primary health care centres in the United Arab Emirates. SUBJECTS: All staff working in the rural health centres. RESULTS: The educational intervention proved popular and appeared to effect a behavioural change. Teamwork in the health centres showed a marked improvement. CONCLUSION: A practice-based, multidisciplinary educational program using case-based learning proved to be effective when introduced to rural health centres of a developing country with multiracial health care professionals. .