Implementation and evaluation of a preceptor educational development programme involving the health cluster colleges at Qatar University.

BACKGROUND: 'The Practice Educators' Academy Programme' is an innovative educational intervention developed following a preceptor-focussed needs assessment. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the programme's effect on self-efficacy and knowledge amongst multi-disciplinary clinical preceptors who precept students across the Health Cluster in Qatar University. The secondary aim was to assess the preceptors' satisfaction with the programme's comprehensiveness, appropriateness, and relevance. METHODS: This is a longitudinal study, with the same participants followed at different time points (i.e., pretest-posttest interventional design). The sample size was calculated to represent 10% of the sample expected for the main study, utilising a stratified convenience sampling technique. Preceptor self-efficacy was assessed using the Preceptor Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, a validated 21-item questionnaire. Preceptor knowledge was assessed through a 25-item multiple-choice question test. Satisfaction with programme content and delivery was assessed through a 14-item questionnaire with open comments. RESULTS: Thirty pretest-posttest respondents for the PSEQ assessment, and 26 pretest-posttest respondents for the knowledge assessment were appropriately matched and analysed. Participation in the self-efficacy questionnaire resulted in a statistically significant increase in their posttest median score (pretest-to-posttest: 3.3-to-3.6, p = 0.001). Participation in the knowledge assessment resulted in a statistically significant increased posttest mean score (pretest-to-posttest: 10.2-to-15.7, p < 0.001). Participants indicated high levels of satisfaction with the programme (average score = 4.42/5). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest the programme is effective as demonstrated through a significant improvement in preceptors' self-efficacy and knowledge. Recommendations for future iterations include placing greater focus on active learning strategies, and inter-disciplinary interactions.

As Interfaces e as Balas de Prata: Tecnologias e Políticas / Interfaces and Silver Bullets: Technologies and Policies

Resumo O texto discute modos de compreensão de ocorrências sanitárias complexas, como a pandemia envolvendo o SARS-CoV-2. Entende que a simplificação do problema ao ponto de valorizar exclusivamente os desfechos dessas ocorrências à existência de um patógeno e um humano suscetível diminui em muito a efetividade das estratégias de mitigação. Sustenta a necessidade de enfatizar as interfaces que estão presentes na construção da complexidade pandêmica e as compreende como elementos centrais no seu enfrentamento. Compreende essas interfaces como elementos estruturais do processo e relativiza as estratégias simplificadoras expressas em "balas de prata", mormente produtos industriais. Finalmente, circunscreve esse ponto de vista ao exame da interface entre as tecnologias industriais de saúde e as variáveis políticas que modulam o acesso da população àqueles produtos.

Abstract This paper discusses the understanding of complex health events, such as the pandemics involving SARS-CoV-2. It supports that simplifying the issue to the point of considering it just a consequence of contact between a pathogen and a susceptible human being overly weakens the effectiveness of the mitigation strategies. It sustains the need to emphasize the interfaces underpinning the construction of the pandemic complexity and considers them as central elements in its coping. It understands these interfaces as structuring elements of the process and relativizes the simplification strategies expressed in "silver bullets" - usually an industrial health product. Finally, it circumscribes this viewpoint by examining the interface between industrial health technologies and political variables that modulate people's access to them.

Atención primaria ortopédica y traumatológica: una necesidad en el sistema de salud del Ecuador / Primary care delivery in orthopedics and traumatology: a need for the health system in Ecuador

Introducción: el Modelo de Atención Integral en Salud del Ecuador se orienta al cumplimiento de las políticas nacionales del Plan del Buen Vivir y es uno de los mecanismos que tiene todo ciudadano de acceso a la atención oportuna, pertinente e integral de su salud. Objetivo: describir y analizar la atención médica en el servicio de Ortopedia y Traumatología de la consulta externa del hospital civil de Pasaje durante el 2015 mediante el monitoreo del RDACCA (registro diario automatizado de consultas y atenciones ambulatorias) para conocer su perfil epidemiológico y la pertinencia de enlazar esta especialidad a los centros de atención primaria de salud. Métodos: estudio descriptivo retrospectivo y transversal donde se incluyeron todos los pacientes del año 2015, atendidos en el área de consulta externa de Ortopedia y Traumatología. La información fue obtenida del RDACAA, siendo tabulada según causas de morbilidad más frecuentes, grupos de edades, sexo e interconsultas recibidas. Resultados: el total de pacientes atendidos fue de 2853. La principal entidad nosológica fue el lumbago no especificado y la incidencia de las principales diez causas que originaron la atención especializada representó un 31 por ciento (888 pacientes), de todas las atenciones. Conclusión: la prevalencia de casos vistos revela la necesidad de un servicio de Ortopedia y Traumatología que solucione los problemas ortopédicos y traumatológicos en la atención primaria de salud a través de una coordinación estrecha con los hospitales municipales, lo cual pudiera ser expandible al resto del país(AU)

Introduction: The model of comprehensive health care in Ecuador is oriented towards compliance with the national policies of the Plan of Good Living and is one of the mechanisms that every citizen has access to timely, relevant and comprehensive health care. Objective: To describe and analyze the medical care in the orthopedics and traumatology service of the outpatient clinic of the civil hospital in Pasaje during 2015, through the monitoring of the RDACCA (as it stands for Spanish automated daily record of consultations and outpatient care), in order to know its epidemiological profile and relevance of linking this specialty to primary health care centers. Methods: Retrospective and cross-sectional descriptive study that included all 2015 patients who were treated in the outpatient clinic in the service of orthopedics and traumatology. The information was obtained from the RDACAA, being tabulated according to the most frequent causes of morbidity, age groups, sex, and inter-consultations received. Results: The total number of patients treated was 2853. The main nosological entity was unspecified lumbago and the incidence of the main ten causes of specialized care accounted for 31 percent (888 patients) of all care delivery cases. Conclusion: The prevalence of cases treated reveals the need for a service in orthopedics and traumatology to solve orthopedic and trauma problems in primary health care, through close coordination with municipal hospitals, which could be expandable to the rest of the country(AU)

Atención primaria ortopédica y traumatológica: una necesidad en el sistema de salud del Ecuador / Primary care delivery in orthopedics and traumatology: a need for the health system in Ecuador

Introducción: el Modelo de Atención Integral en Salud del Ecuador se orienta al cumplimiento de las políticas nacionales del Plan del Buen Vivir y es uno de los mecanismos que tiene todo ciudadano de acceso a la atención oportuna, pertinente e integral de su salud. Objetivo: describir y analizar la atención médica en el servicio de Ortopedia y Traumatología de la consulta externa del hospital civil de Pasaje durante el 2015 mediante el monitoreo del RDACCA (registro diario automatizado de consultas y atenciones ambulatorias) para conocer su perfil epidemiológico y la pertinencia de enlazar esta especialidad a los centros de atención primaria de salud. Métodos: estudio descriptivo retrospectivo y transversal donde se incluyeron todos los pacientes del año 2015, atendidos en el área de consulta externa de Ortopedia y Traumatología. La información fue obtenida del RDACAA, siendo tabulada según causas de morbilidad más frecuentes, grupos de edades, sexo e interconsultas recibidas. Resultados: el total de pacientes atendidos fue de 2853. La principal entidad nosológica fue el lumbago no especificado y la incidencia de las principales diez causas que originaron la atención especializada representó un 31 por ciento (888 pacientes), de todas las atenciones. Conclusión: la prevalencia de casos vistos revela la necesidad de un servicio de Ortopedia y Traumatología que solucione los problemas ortopédicos y traumatológicos en la atención primaria de salud a través de una coordinación estrecha con los hospitales municipales, lo cual pudiera ser expandible al resto del país(AU)

Introduction: The model of comprehensive health care in Ecuador is oriented towards compliance with the national policies of the Plan of Good Living and is one of the mechanisms that every citizen has access to timely, relevant and comprehensive health care. Objective: To describe and analyze the medical care in the orthopedics and traumatology service of the outpatient clinic of the civil hospital in Pasaje during 2015, through the monitoring of the RDACCA (as it stands for Spanish automated daily record of consultations and outpatient care), in order to know its epidemiological profile and relevance of linking this specialty to primary health care centers. Methods: Retrospective and cross-sectional descriptive study that included all 2015 patients who were treated in the outpatient clinic in the service of orthopedics and traumatology. The information was obtained from the RDACAA, being tabulated according to the most frequent causes of morbidity, age groups, sex, and inter-consultations received. Results: The total number of patients treated was 2853. The main nosological entity was unspecified lumbago and the incidence of the main ten causes of specialized care accounted for 31 percent (888 patients) of all care delivery cases. Conclusion: The prevalence of cases treated reveals the need for a service in orthopedics and traumatology to solve orthopedic and trauma problems in primary health care, through close coordination with municipal hospitals, which could be expandable to the rest of the country(AU)