Saadat Torabian; Abbas Vosugh Mogadam; Mojtaba Sedaghat Syahkal
Volume 3, Issue 2 , January 2007, , Pages 95-101
Abstract
Background: Human health is strongly related to economic political cultural administrative and environmental conditions Therefore Medical sciences are not limited to biomedical sciences but also include social and psychological sciences This viewpoint has led to an outlook named CommunityOriented Medicine ...
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Background: Human health is strongly related to economic political cultural administrative and environmental conditions Therefore Medical sciences are not limited to biomedical sciences but also include social and psychological sciences This viewpoint has led to an outlook named CommunityOriented Medicine After integration of Health System with Medical Education in Iran conditions for Community oriented Medical Education were provided and the departments of Community Medicine in universities with Faculty of Health and departments of Health and Community Medicine in universities without Faculty of Health were established In spite of various attempts there is still no evidence showing the outputs and outcomes of Communityoriented activities in Community Medicine Departments of our universities Objective: This study was performed to determine the statue of Community Medicine Departments of all Medical Sciences schools and Universities of Iran in regard to their facilities and resources Methods: In this descriptive cross sectional study some inputs and outputs of educational and research processes of departments of Community Medicine in all Medical Sciences Universities affiliated to the Ministry of Health Treatment and Medical Education were analyzed Results: Educational facilities and learning aids of first class universities were to some extent adequate but inadequate in the two other classes Community Medicine Departments in all three classes of universities were active in conducting students theses but they were not very active in publishing books and articles and conducting research projects Conclusion: Transition from traditional Medical Education to the communityoriented Medical Education requires shortterm and longterm programs for improving Community Medicine Departments and making them closer to standard goals
Abbas-ali Nourian; Nouraddin Mousavinasab; Mojgan Vahhabi
Volume 3, Issue 1 , July 2006, , Pages 43-50
Abstract
Background: Practical training of medical students is not limited to only hospitals Outpatient departments and ambulatory care centers attending a greater number of patients can provide students with more exposure to a variety of medical cases Moreover communityoriented medical education centre ...
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Background: Practical training of medical students is not limited to only hospitals Outpatient departments and ambulatory care centers attending a greater number of patients can provide students with more exposure to a variety of medical cases Moreover communityoriented medical education centre where more patients come for consultation is a suitable centre for training medical students Although awareness toward the importance of communityoriented medical education is increasing and medical faculties have already adopted this approach for their training this idea does not appear to be accepted fully in all of schools Objective: To find the attitude of Zanjan Medical students and teachers towards education and facilities in COME centre in 20042005 Methods: In this descriptive study two separate questionnaires for teachers and students were designed to assess their attitudes towards the method of education number of patients situation of centre and the quality of education in the Communityoriented Medical Education centers The questionnaires were filled out by 136 interns and externs who had been trained in COME centre and 14 teachers in Zanjan Medical University Validity of questionnaires had been confirmed and internal consistency reliability had been determined by Cronbachs alpha coefficient (079) Results: In whole 669% of the students and 538% of the teachers were interested in attending COME program and most of them believed that COME is necessary for medical education The percentage of interns who agreed with this center was more than externs In regard to the teachers educational method the highest satisfaction rate (832%) was obtained for teachers in the pediatrics ward (p=00005) In regard to the number and variety of patients pediatrics ward (with respectively 717% and 656%) was the best and internal ward (with respectively 207% and 215%) was the worst ward according to the students The overall satisfaction rate was 519 ± 125 in students and interns had a more positive attitude comparing to others Discussion: It seems that using more experienced teachers continuous supervision and evaluation of educational activities establishing proper research facilities and financial support of COME centers are necessary for improving communityoriented medical education
