Improving healthcare delivery at a district hospital through teaching interns – A short report
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Improving healthcare delivery at a district hospital through teaching interns – A short report | |
| Creator | Mailosi, Amos Mbamba, Jessie Humphry, Carol Nindi-Nyondo, Anda Mnenula, Modai C. | |
| Description | Every district in Malawi has at least two doctors managing the social and healthcare needs of the local population. The medical doctors at the district are involved in administrative work and have minimal time for clinical practice. As such in most district hospitals, clinical officers (COs) form the backbone of patient care provision. These are cadres that have a 3-year training in clinical medicine; they work side by side with medical assistants (MAs) and nurses. Apart from the Ministry of Health (MoH) workforce, the Department of Family Medicine (FM) of Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) has its main district site at Mangochi. Family physicians and residents from FM department assist in provision of mentorship and teaching to other cadres. Work-based learning requires various strategies and approaches. The experience reported here involves deliberate mentorship and support to enhance the learning of other cadres. Family medicine residents learn through the active participation in these sessions to become future consultants and leaders in primary health care. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2024-04-26 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/phcfm.v16i1.4384 | |
| Source | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 16, No 1 (2024); 3 pages 2071-2936 2071-2928 | |
| Language | eng | |
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