Effectiveness of Short-Term Educational Workshop Programs for Newly Appointed Medical School facuty Members: Analysis of 30 programs with 9-year experiences / 한국의학교육

The National Teacher Training Center for Health Personnel (NTTC) / Korea, administrated jointly by Seoul National University College of Medicine, is a resource to conduct programs on fundamental and applied problems in Korean medical education, to assist faculty of health professions to gain increased knowledge of the methods of teaching, educational evaluation and curriculum planning. Of varieties of educational services given for health profession faculty since its establishment in 1975, faculty development program has been one of the major activities to provide educational experiences to the faculty members to improve their teaching effectiveness by conducting workshops, seminars and conferences. A total of 30 short-term educational workshop programs, designed for newly appointed medical school faculty members were implemented during a period from 1981 to 1989, and their postworkshop questionnaires were analysed together with summary reports from convertors in view of evaluating immediate effectiveness. The number of participants was 655 from 27 out of 31 medical schools. They attended a 3-day promotional workshop under the same workshop objectives and format with a class size of no more than 30/workshop. The selection procedure was mostly relied on the recommendation through the dean's office. The workshop format was generally well accepted among the participants as a necessary mechanism for reclarification of the faculty roles in teaching-learning process, especially in professional educational programs. Teaching strategies including small group discussions and various group dynamics techniques were the integral parts of the workshop format aiming for the active participation throughout the educational activities in development of lecturing and test-item construction skills. Impeding and enhancing factors identified during the workshop were listed and recommendations to NTTC, medical schools and related organizations were made with regard to further improvement in faculty development programs.

Status of Ascaris Lumbricoides Infection in Slum Population of Suburban Seoul

The purpose of this study was to findout the characteristics of helminthic infection, especially. those of Ascaris lumbricoides infection in the slum, population residing in suburban Seoul. This study was conducted on 301 slum residents in Machun-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul on August, 1977. The results of this study could be summarized, as follows: 1) The prevalence rate of Ascaris lumbricoides among 194 subjected residents was 59.8 percent. The highest prevalence was observed in the age group of 0~9 years (prevalence rate: 65 per cent). 2) The average. E.P.G. of A. lumbricoides were found to be 3,100 in 111 infected cases and this fingure was also the highest in the age group, 0~9 years. 3) After chemotherapy with pyrantal pamoate in dose of 10mg/kg disregarding the results of stool examination, satisfactory follow-up stool collection for worm detection could be performed in I54 cases, among 301 subjected cases. Out of the 154 cases, 97 (63per cent) passed out Ascaris worm(s) and the average worm burden was 4.7 per infected cases. The analysis of collected data revealed that the prevalence rate was higher in female, although, the worm burden per infected case was higher in male residents. The children aged 0-9 years harbored the worms as much as adults. 4) By observing the collected worms an4 discriminating the reinfected young Ascaris aged less than 2-months, it was found that the reinfection occurred in 14 per cent of residents in a month and average amount of reinfection was 0.205 per month per person. These two reinfection, indices were also the highest in children. From the above results, it was concluded that the reinfection of Ascaris lumbricoides was . actively occurred in the residents of the slum area and the children in this area were the most seriously affected by the infection.

Treatment of taeniasis with bithionol

Ten cases infected with Taenia saginata were treated with Bithionol, 2, 2' thiobis (4,6-dichlorophenol) which is well known as an excellent anthelminthhic against paragonimiasis and their follow-up studies were carried on within 3 to 12 months after treatment. Bithionol, 50 mg dose per kg of body weight was divided into two equal dose and administered orally in 30 minutes intervals. Three hours later, this was followed with a sodium sulfate or magnesium sulfate purge. The strobilas without scolices were found in the stools after the medication and the follow-up studies have shown the complete deworming in all cases. It is well tolerated, toxic effects being uncommon and when present, limited to mild gastro-intestinal disturbances.