Family Medicine at the University of the West Indies: a model for the developing world
| Autor: | Sonia Roache-Barker, Rohan G Maharaj, P Williams-Green, O Peter Adams, Euclid Morris, Carnille Farquharson, Joanne Paul-Charles, M. Shastri Motilal, Aileen Standard-Goldson, Colette Cunningham-Myrie, Cherilyn Hanna-Mahase |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
West Indies media_common.quotation_subject Public health Developing country 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Education Medical Graduate Family medicine medicine Institution Humans Financial modeling International Family Medicine Curriculum 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology Family Practice Postgraduate training Schools Medical media_common West indies |
| Zdroj: | Education for Primary Care. :1-4 |
| ISSN: | 1475-990X 1473-9879 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14739879.2016.1218744 |
| Popis: | Context and background: To describe the Family Medicine (FM) postgraduate training programme at the University of the West Indies (UWI). Actions and activities: This paper was created through a review of documents, and discussions with past and present coordinators and key stakeholders at four campuses in the English-speaking Caribbean (ESC).Despite intermittent setbacks the FM programme in the ESC has grown due to: (1) The presence of an umbrella institution in the UWI. (2) The role of the Caribbean College of Family Physicians providing a unifying force of advocacy and cooperation. (3) Collaboration of staff across four sites despite large distances, differing departmental and campus structures and financial models; and varying levels of local medical and public health support. (4) The use of a modular design for academic content, which means that students have comparable learning experiences. (5) Streamlining of exit examinations, thus sharing resources in the assessment process. (6) A strong presence of FM in the undergraduate curriculum.Despite a variety of timelines in programme development and funding mechanisms, over 150 physicians have graduated in FM in the past five years. We identify the unifying strategies and institutions which made this possible and present this model as an option for new programmes in the developing world. |
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