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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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Published in:Australian Journal of Rural Health Vol. 11; no. 6; pp. 271 - 277
Main Authors: Revel T, Yussuf H
Format: tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2003
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          Revel T
          Yussuf H
        affil: Primary Health Care Administration, Ministry of Health, Al Ain Medical District, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; tony.revel@ueaeu.ac.ae
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          Education, Medical, Continuing United Arab Emirates
          Primary Health Care United Arab Emirates
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          Information Needs
          Needs Assessment
          Professional Development
          Program Development
          Rural Areas
          United Arab Emirates
      ab: 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. .
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