Reflection on Five Months Rural District Hospital Posting of Final Year MBBS Students
Patan Academy of Health Sciences has been sending its undergraduate medical students to rural postings aligning with the national health system of Nepal to produce competent and empathetic healthcare professionals as a part of its social accountability. One such rural posting is a 20-weeklong distr...
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| author | Pragyan Basnet Ritika Karki Rupesh Acharya Priyesh Lohani Udaya Kumar Malla |
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Patan Academy of Health Sciences has been sending its undergraduate medical students to rural
postings aligning with the national health system of Nepal to produce competent and empathetic
healthcare professionals as a part of its social accountability. One such rural posting is a 20-weeklong
district posting where students are posted at district hospital and district health office. We
were final-year students posted at Gulmi district for this purpose in the year 2021/22. We learned
the functioning of a district hospital along with different clinical skills. We also learned to use the
district health information system and different qualitative tools in drafting district health reports
and strategic planning under the guidance of the District Health Office. Such exposure of medical
students is essential to develop competent and empathetic health professionals and similar provisions
should be included in the undergraduate curriculum of other universities.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e037fc6860c74bcbae8c0e53590331a62024-09-23T18:38:42ZengNepal Medical AssociationJournal of Nepal Medical Association0028-27151815-672X2024-02-016227110.31729/jnma.8519Reflection on Five Months Rural District Hospital Posting of Final Year MBBS StudentsPragyan Basnet0Ritika Karki1Rupesh Acharya2Priyesh Lohani3Udaya Kumar Malla4Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, NepalPatan Academy of Health Sciences, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, NepalPatan Academy of Health Sciences, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Nepal.Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, NepalPatan Academy of Health Sciences, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Nepal Patan Academy of Health Sciences has been sending its undergraduate medical students to rural postings aligning with the national health system of Nepal to produce competent and empathetic healthcare professionals as a part of its social accountability. One such rural posting is a 20-weeklong district posting where students are posted at district hospital and district health office. We were final-year students posted at Gulmi district for this purpose in the year 2021/22. We learned the functioning of a district hospital along with different clinical skills. We also learned to use the district health information system and different qualitative tools in drafting district health reports and strategic planning under the guidance of the District Health Office. Such exposure of medical students is essential to develop competent and empathetic health professionals and similar provisions should be included in the undergraduate curriculum of other universities. https://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/8519medical education; medical school; rural health. |
| spellingShingle | Pragyan Basnet Ritika Karki Rupesh Acharya Priyesh Lohani Udaya Kumar Malla Reflection on Five Months Rural District Hospital Posting of Final Year MBBS Students Journal of Nepal Medical Association medical education; medical school; rural health. |
| title | Reflection on Five Months Rural District Hospital Posting of Final Year MBBS Students |
| title_full | Reflection on Five Months Rural District Hospital Posting of Final Year MBBS Students |
| title_fullStr | Reflection on Five Months Rural District Hospital Posting of Final Year MBBS Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reflection on Five Months Rural District Hospital Posting of Final Year MBBS Students |
| title_short | Reflection on Five Months Rural District Hospital Posting of Final Year MBBS Students |
| title_sort | reflection on five months rural district hospital posting of final year mbbs students |
| topic | medical education; medical school; rural health. |
| url | https://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/8519 |
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