Research on Construction of Training Course on Palliative Care for Medical Student Volunteers / 中国医学伦理学

【Objective:】 To construct a palliative care training course for medical student volunteers, so as to provide reference for palliative care institutions to carry out palliative care training for medical student volunteers. 【Methods:】 Based on literature review, semi-structured interviews and the expert group meeting method, the first draft of the palliative care training course for medical student volunteers was drawn up. Then two rounds of expert consultation with 16 experts in relevant fields by Delphi method was conducted. 【Results:】 The positive coefficients of the two rounds of expert consultation were 89% and 100%, respectively. The expert authority coefficients of the two rounds were both 0.89. The Kendall coefficient of the second round was 0.196 to 0.328 (P<0.05). The final form of palliative care training course for medical student volunteers was consisted of 5 primary indicators (training objective, training content, training hour, training method, and assessment method), 23 secondary indicators, and 41 tertiary indicators. 【Conclusion:】 The palliative care training course for medical student volunteers is comprehensive and practical in content, scientific and reliable in construction, which can be used for hospice care institutions to provide palliative care volunteer service training for medical student volunteers, in order to improve the quality of volunteer service.

Curso de capacitación a médicos de familia sobre cuidados biosicosociales a niños con síndrome de Down / Training Course for Family Doctors about Biopsychosocial Cares for Children with Down Syndrome

Introducción: Los niños con síndrome de Down presentan una comorbilidad alta, por lo que se hace necesario mantener un adiestramiento a los médicos de familia para el control y prevención de estas enfermedades. Objetivo: Evaluar un curso de capacitación a médicos de familia sobre los cuidados biopsicosociales a niños con síndrome de Down. Métodos: Se realizó un cuasi experimento a través de un diseño antes-después con un grupo estudio y otro grupo control. En una primera etapa o pretest se aplicó un cuestionario a ambos grupos, después se impartió el curso de capacitación al grupo estudio y en la última etapa o postest se volvió a emplear el mismo cuestionario a los dos grupos y determinar el nivel de conocimiento alcanzado. Resultados: Antes del curso de capacitación, 7 (26,9 por ciento) de médicos de familia del grupo estudio obtuvieron calificación de aceptable; después de recibir el curso aumentó a 22 (84,6 por ciento). La diferencia estándar y la media fue superior en el grupo estudio en relación al grupo control. Conclusiones: Con el curso de capacitación diseñado y aplicado a médicos de familia aumentaron los conocimientos sobre los cuidados biopsicosociales a los niños con síndrome de Down(AU)

Introduction: Children with Down syndrome present high comorbidity, a reason why it is necessary to maintain training for family doctors for the control and prevention of such conditions. Objective: To assess a training course targeted at family doctors about biopsychosocial care for children with Down syndrome. Methods: A quasiexperimental study was carried out using a before-after design with a study group and a control group. In a first stage, or pretest, a questionnaire was applied to both groups. Afterwards, the training course was given to the study group. In the last stage, or post-test, the same questionnaire was used again for the two groups, after which the level of knowledge reached was determined. Results: Before receiving the training course, 7 (26.9 percent) family doctors in the study group obtained an acceptable rating. After receiving the course, it increased to 22 (84.6 percent). The mean and standard difference was higher in the study group compared to the control group. Conclusions: With the training course designed and given to family doctors, the knowledge about biopsychosocial care for children with Down syndrome increased(AU)

Mental Health First Aid Training: A Study of Community Members’ Pre and Post-training Responses to a 17-Item Questionnaire

Background:Mental Health First Aid, an important component of metal health educational programs, targets naive community members, public, allied mental health personnel, and mental health experts with specific reference as to how these trained aiders should help people in crisis or with mental health conditions in the community.Objective:This study aimed to describe pre-to-post-test assessment of those who were trained in MHFA program.Setting: National Center for Mental Health Promotion, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Methods:Trained mental health professionals organized MHFA courses (n=35) for training self-selected, nonrandomized community members (n=862) who were assessed pre-to-post training by using an adapted 17-item questionnaire for measuring the impact of MHFA course on their mental health knowledge, perception, attitude and practice.Results: The participants’ responses to questionnaire were varied at pre-and post-test evaluation and 65% of them showed mild to significant positive changes in their responses, and the rest were not affected positively after this course, possibly attributed to multiple factors related tonaïve community trainees, advanced questionnaire, short timeline and dissimilar instructors.Conclusion: Although all participants well received the MHFA courses, 65% of participants’ pre-to-post-test responses improved positively. The preliminary results of this studyarenot generalizable to the whole community,need to be cautiously interpreted and this research is calling for more studies especially randomized controlledtrials in future.

Practice and reflection of short-term orthopedics training in primary hospitals / 中华医学教育探索杂志

In order to provide more practicable and convenient continuing medical education for orthopedic surgeons in primary hospitals and expand the academic influence of expert lecturers and host hospitals in the region, our department hosted nine short-term training courses of orthopedic surgery jointly with primary hospitals, which lasted for 1 to 1.5 days on weekends from June 2001 to October 2017, with expert lectures as the main form. Traumatic orthopedics was the main topic, and most expert lecturers were orthopedic experts from famous hospitals within the province and the whole country, as well as the experts from the host hospital. More than 1200 orthopedic and surgical physicians in local districts and counties participated in the training, and excellent social effect has been achieved. For short-term orthopedic training jointly held with hospitals in prefecture-level cities, the topic of training should be carefully selected, and duration of the training and number of lecturers should be controlled, so as to achieve satisfactory social effects under the premise of low cost of administrative resources.

Knowledge Retention Level among Pre-School Teachers in Conducting Pre-School Children Vision Screening / Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia

@#Certain public service pre-school teachers have been trained as vision screeners of children. However, there are no studies that assessed the knowledge and skills retention of these screeners. This study determines the level of knowledge retention among pre-school teachers who have been trained to perform vision screening on children. In 2013, 180 KEMAS pre-school teachers were recruited in a vision screening training which included both theory and practical sessions. Teachers were assessed through a theory test which comprised of 15 questions, firstly a category on the preparations needed for vision screening and secondly on the implementation of vision screening. They were then asked to conduct pre-school vision screening annually at their working premises. In 2016, 136 teachers who had been involved in the earlier program were recruited as subjects in this study. All these subjects answered the same set of theory test questions used in 2013. The Student’s t-test result indicated that the mean theory test scores obtained by the pre-school teachers in 2013 (84.3 ± 7.8) differed significantly with the mean scores obtained in 2016 (67.5 ± 11.3) (p < 0.001). The mean scores in 2013 for questions in the first and second categories were 4.5 and 4.4, decreasing to 4.2 and 3.7 in 2016. The knowledge level of pre-school teachers thus decreased with time and this effect was found significant after 3 years. There is therefore a need to conduct re-certification training, so that the screening conducted by these pre-school teachers remains effective and in accordance with established standards.

Study of the effect of the blending instructional teaching mode in the obstetrical resident standard-ization training course / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Objective The blending instructional teaching mode was used in the obstetrical resi-dent standardization training course and the effect was evaluated. Methods 36 resident physicians who attended obstetrical resident standardization training were chosen as blending instructional teaching group and traditional teaching group, 18 physicians per group. The physicians of blending instructional teaching group received blending instructional teaching mode, which included the obstetrical MOOC and Flipped Class, while the traditional teaching group only took part in the clinical management ruled by the hospital. Staging examination was performed according to the resident physician culture curriculum. Descriptive statistics, t test and chi-square test were performed by SPSS 21.0 lines. Results The average score of theory examination [(93.21±5.40) vs. (81.32±7.10)], practical skill [(89.75±4.70) vs. (68.96±8.20)] and clinical intellectual [(88.64±9.30) vs. (75.88±9.70)] in the blending instructional teaching group was significantly higher than that in the traditional teaching group (P<0.05). The physicians' satisfaction rate of manipulative ability in the blending instructional teaching group was significantly higher than that in the traditional teaching group (72.22% vs. 16.76%), which had statistical significance ( χ2=16.74, P=0.003); The physi- cians' satisfaction rate for the tutor in the blending instructional teaching group was significantly higher than that in the traditional teaching group (83.30% vs. 11.11%), which had statistical significance ( χ2=21.67, P=0.000). Conclusion The blending instructional teaching mode adapts to the development trend of teaching , and improves the effect of obstetrical resident standardization training course.

Teaching countermeasures on the student problems in the practice and training course of the science of acupuncture-moxibustion treatment / 中国针灸

The student problems existing in the practice and training course of acupuncture-moxibustion treatment include unsolid basic knowledge, inexperienced basic skills and poor comprehensive utilization ability. The writers proposed the effective countermeasures accordingly. Firstly, the students are required to go over the related knowledge in advance, targeting the weakness, and complement the basic knowledge. Secondly, the teachers provide the demonstration and guidance for the practice to improve the basic skills. Thirdly, the clinical simulation is adopted for the comprehensive training to enhance the comprehensive utilization ability. The countermeasures mentioned above improve effectively the basic skills and comprehensive ability in the students and lay the foundation for the future clinical work.

Analysis of demands of African students for China-Africa malaria preven-tion training / 中国血吸虫病防治杂志

Objective To understand the demands of African students on the China?Africa malaria prevention training pro?grams as well as explore further suggestions on the student selection and course content design. Methods A self?administered questionnaire survey was conducted,and all the students who attended in the malaria prevention training courses in 2014 and 2015 were included. The Chi?square test was conducted to analyse the correlations between professional backgrounds ,work stat?ues and training needs. Results A total of 161 individuals were sampled eventually. These participants were trained in either English(58.4%)or French(41.6%). Most of the participants were male(69.3%),the major of them were mainly clinical tech?nology specialty(40.0%),and most of them worked in malaria area within 10 years(56.4%). Moreover,48.2%of the partici?pants used more than 76%of total work time on malaria control,and more than 80%worked in national or provincial/municipal level. The working areas of these participants were focused on clinical field(41.4%)and official field(29.9%),and only a few of them were from research positions(11.9%). The most needed course content in malaria training was strategy and epidemiolo?gy knowledge for malaria prevention and control(65.5%),while clinical workers were most needed to be trained(39.2%). The participants who came from French speaking countries preferred strategy training(χ2=12.528,P<0.01),and those worked in the national level were aslo more likely to choose strategies training course(χ2=10.508,P<0.05). Conclusions Currently, the China?Africa malaria prevention training programs could basically satisfy African students’needs. However,more aimed courses should be designed according to their professional backgrounds,national situation,work experiences on malaria con?trol,and institutional levels.

Hospital preparedness for Ebola virus disease: a training course in the Philippines

OBJECTIVE: To develop, teach and evaluate a training workshop that could rapidly prepare large numbers of health professionals working in hospitals in the Philippines to detect and safely manage Ebola virus disease (EVD). The strategy was to train teams (each usually with five members) of key health professionals from public, private and local government hospitals across the Philippines who could then guide Ebola preparedness in their hospitals. METHODS: The workshop was developed collaboratively by the Philippine Department of Health and the country office of the World Health Organization. It was evaluated using a pre- and post-workshop test and two evaluation forms. Chi-square tests and linear regression analyses were conducted comparing pre- and post-workshop test results. RESULTS: A three-day workshop was developed and used to train 364 doctors, nurses and medical technologists from 78 hospitals across the Philippines in three initial batches. Knowledge about EVD increased significantly (P < 0.009) although knowledge on transmission remained suboptimal. Confidence in managing EVD increased significantly (P = 0.018) with 96% of participants feeling more prepared to safely manage EVD cases. DISCUSSION: The three-day workshop to prepare hospital staff for EVD was effective at increasing the level of knowledge about EVD and the level of confidence in managing EVD safely. This workshop could be adapted for use as baseline training in EVD in other developing countries to prepare large numbers of hospital staff to rapidly detect, isolate and safely manage EVD cases.

Graduate schools of medicine in Japan: The status and problems of researcher training / 医学教育

1) Common training for the introduction of research and the elective and individual guidance for research should be devised in a manner attractive to graduate students of medicine.<BR>2) To train researchers, a graduate school of clinical medicine should be established as a professional school, separate from an ordinary graduate school.<BR>3) To promote basic medical sciences, the capacity of graduate schools of basic medical sciences should be reduced despite the number of teachers and the bold plan for the financial support of students.

Discussion on National Advanced Training Course of Traditional Chinese Orthopedic and Traumatology in Anatomy Experiment / 中华医学教育探索杂志

National advanced training course of traditional Chinese orthopedic and traumatology in anatomy experiment is a short-term courses designed for grassroots doctors.Special training content and methods are designed for the multi-level cadets in the short-term courses.How to use teaching staff advantage to optimize course setting and improve the teaching effects will be discussed in this article.

A Course of Preventive Medicine / 医学教育

1) A field of preventive medicine is extremely wide. We focus on the post-primary clinical training courses executed in the departments of preventive medicine in medical schools, health administration offices in community and ministry, and occupational health.<BR>2) A physician is recommended to choose the department of medical schools after inquiry of the major field such as community health, occupational health, epidemiology or toxicology, etc.<BR>3) The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare qualifies physician no later than 5 years after graduation from medical school for employment as a technical officer of specialist.<BR>4) For community health officers, comprehensive knowledge is required.<BR>5) While about 2, 000 physicians are employed as occupational health physicians, a new style of physicians makes contract with several enterprises and sets oneself up as occupational health consultants.

A Course of Post-primary Clinical Training at Anjo Kosei Hospital / 医学教育

1) Anjo Kosei Hospital has nearly 40 years of history of the post-primary clinical training course.<BR>2) More than 90% of the young doctors, passed through 2 years of the primary clinical training course, have chosen further training at Anjo Kosei Hospital. During this course they began to start the experience for their own career for specialist.<BR>3) This education program is closely coordinated with Medical Colleges such as Nagoya University and Nagoya City College of medicine. After 4 or 5 years of training at Anjo Kosei Hospital, they continued their training at Nagoya University Hospital or Nagoya City College Hospital for the further career.

Evaluation of the Effect of BFHI (Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative) Developed by WHO/UNICEF / 대한주산의학회잡지

OBJECTIVES: In Korea, the BFHI (Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative) committee organized in the Korean Committee for UNICEF in 1992, and continued to promote breastfeeding more than 10 years, we need reassess the designated hospitals and BFHI program. As a part of BFHI program, the committee continued to train health care personnels to carry out promotion of breastfeeding since 1994. The curriculum, contents and methods of the training course needs re-evaluation. METHODS: The breastfeeding rates in the BF (Baby-Friendly) hospitals and non-BF hospitals are compared. Changes of the breastfeeding rate before and after designation in baby friendly hospitals are evaluated. The education program for the health care personnels to promote successful breastfeeding are evaluated. RESULTS: The exclusively breastfeeding rates during hospitalization are higher in the BF hospitals than non-BF hospitals (p=0.026). The self assessment scores higher in the BF hospitals than non-BF hospitals (41.3 vs 31.5, p=0.001). Average breastfeeding rate of BF hospitals maintained 3.9 years after accredition (52.65% vs 47.62%). Education program for the health care personnels were satisfied in 82.8%. The score increased from 9.24 before the education course to 12.0 at 1 month after education (p=0.000) and remained as 12.19 at 3~6 months after education. CONCLUSION: This study revealed BFHI program improved breastfeeding rates and maintained high in the BF hospitals. Health care personnels who trained through education courses held by the Korean Committee for UNICEF assisted in the promotion of breastfeeding. This results can be used as a basic data for the planning of the breastfeeding promotion program in the future.

The effectiveness of pediatric triage training course for emergency room nurses at Siriraj Hospital.

The recognition of an acutely ill child is considered to be of vital importance in an emergency situation. Fast and timely intervention can prevent significant morbidity from occurring. The skill of assessing ill children in order to identify those that need immediate attention is often the task of experienced pediatric nurses. However, when availability of such personnel is limited, simplified triage criteria may be taught to novice nurses in order that they can quickly and efficiently identify those patients needing urgent care. Method: We conducted a pilot triage training project with 30 volunteer, non-pediatric nurses and assessed the effectiveness of the training course through the use of a pre and post-Pediatric Triage Knowledge Test (PTKT), as well as by the accuracy of the participants' triage performance on 439 pediatric patients. Results: The participants, on average, showed significant improvement on the Pediatric Triage Knowledge Assessment Test (p = 0.01; paired t-test), as well as being able to perform accurate triage after training on 88.3% of patients. Moreover, the existence of triage significantly reduced the waiting time of urgent patients by a total of 7 minutes (p = 0.05; t-test), while the waiting time for non-urgent patients was not affected. Conclusion: The pilot triage training project effectively increased non-pediatric nurses' knowledge of pediatric triage and their performance of triage, and is associated with a significant reduction in the waiting time of urgent pedi.

An Assumption on Setting up the Course of "Logical Thinking Training" for Medical Students / 中国医学伦理学

High-quality medical talents must possess high accomplishment of logical thinking,but the current logic thinking standard of medical students is far from the needs of modern medical development.Therefore,setting up of a "logical thinking training" course for medical students is necessary and significant for the innovation,diagnosis,nursing care and management of modern medicine.The theoretical and practical conditions for the new course are both mature with feasibility.