Conference report: Undergraduate family medicine and primary care training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections of the PRIMAFAMED network
Internationally, there is a move towards strengthening primary healthcare systems and encouraging community-based and socially responsible education. The development of doctors with an interest in primary healthcare and family medicine in the African region should begin during undergraduate training...
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| author | Innocent Besigye Robert Mash Akye Essuman Maaike Flinkenflögel |
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| description | Internationally, there is a move towards strengthening primary healthcare systems and encouraging community-based and socially responsible education. The development of doctors with an interest in primary healthcare and family medicine in the African region should begin during undergraduate training. Over the last few years, attention has been given to the development of postgraduate training in family medicine in the African region, but little attention has been given to undergraduate training. This article reports on the 8th PRIMAFAMED (Primary Care and Family Medicine Education) network meeting held in Nairobi from 21 to 24 May 2016. At this meeting the delegates spent time presenting and discussing the current state of undergraduate training at 18 universities in the region and shared lessons on how to successfully implement undergraduate training. This article reports on the rationale for, information presented, process followed and conclusions reached at the conference. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5359123e29fe46d4bf9df9e46fbdb21c2022-12-22T02:51:32ZengAOSISAfrican Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine2071-29282071-29362017-01-0191e1e510.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1351436Conference report: Undergraduate family medicine and primary care training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections of the PRIMAFAMED networkInnocent Besigye0Robert Mash1Akye Essuman2Maaike Flinkenflögel3Department of Family Medicine, Makerere UniversityDivision of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch UniversityFamily Medicine Unit, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, University of GhanaDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Ghent University, Belgium and KITInternationally, there is a move towards strengthening primary healthcare systems and encouraging community-based and socially responsible education. The development of doctors with an interest in primary healthcare and family medicine in the African region should begin during undergraduate training. Over the last few years, attention has been given to the development of postgraduate training in family medicine in the African region, but little attention has been given to undergraduate training. This article reports on the 8th PRIMAFAMED (Primary Care and Family Medicine Education) network meeting held in Nairobi from 21 to 24 May 2016. At this meeting the delegates spent time presenting and discussing the current state of undergraduate training at 18 universities in the region and shared lessons on how to successfully implement undergraduate training. This article reports on the rationale for, information presented, process followed and conclusions reached at the conference.https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/1351primary careprimary care physiciansundergraduate medical educationcommunity based education |
| spellingShingle | Innocent Besigye Robert Mash Akye Essuman Maaike Flinkenflögel Conference report: Undergraduate family medicine and primary care training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections of the PRIMAFAMED network African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine primary care primary care physicians undergraduate medical education community based education |
| title | Conference report: Undergraduate family medicine and primary care training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections of the PRIMAFAMED network |
| title_full | Conference report: Undergraduate family medicine and primary care training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections of the PRIMAFAMED network |
| title_fullStr | Conference report: Undergraduate family medicine and primary care training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections of the PRIMAFAMED network |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conference report: Undergraduate family medicine and primary care training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections of the PRIMAFAMED network |
| title_short | Conference report: Undergraduate family medicine and primary care training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections of the PRIMAFAMED network |
| title_sort | conference report undergraduate family medicine and primary care training in sub saharan africa reflections of the primafamed network |
| topic | primary care primary care physicians undergraduate medical education community based education |
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