OBJECTIVE: To establish the categories of pre-service health training institutions in Uganda that still maintain leprosy in their curricula and how leprosy training is organised.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A structured questionnaire was administered to the heads of 42 health training institutions including universities, paramedical and nurses' training schools.
RESULTS: Leprosy was included in the curricula of 33 (78%) of the institutions studied but only 50% of them had organised leprosy training in the 2 years prior to the study. In 48% of cases the training was implemented by in-house trainers; the rest depended on external trainers and staff of a leprosy training centre. Course evaluation using a variety of methods was practiced by 80% of the institutions.
CONCLUSIONS: Inclusion of leprosy in the curricula of pre-service health training institutions was not always followed by actual training. It is possible and acceptable to organise leprosy training within the confines of the institutions provided arrangements are made to include interaction with patients. Local leprosy control supervisors and dermatologists can be engaged to support pre-service training. In order to derive optimal benefit from this opportunity, the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme should develop a national plan for leprosy training, organise training of trainers and assure access to appropriate teaching and learning materials. There is a need for more comprehensive evaluation of the ongoing leprosy training in pre-service institutions.
BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22125938?dopt=Abstract IS - 3 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -OBJECTIVE: To establish the categories of pre-service health training institutions in Uganda that still maintain leprosy in their curricula and how leprosy training is organised.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A structured questionnaire was administered to the heads of 42 health training institutions including universities, paramedical and nurses' training schools.
RESULTS: Leprosy was included in the curricula of 33 (78%) of the institutions studied but only 50% of them had organised leprosy training in the 2 years prior to the study. In 48% of cases the training was implemented by in-house trainers; the rest depended on external trainers and staff of a leprosy training centre. Course evaluation using a variety of methods was practiced by 80% of the institutions.
CONCLUSIONS: Inclusion of leprosy in the curricula of pre-service health training institutions was not always followed by actual training. It is possible and acceptable to organise leprosy training within the confines of the institutions provided arrangements are made to include interaction with patients. Local leprosy control supervisors and dermatologists can be engaged to support pre-service training. In order to derive optimal benefit from this opportunity, the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme should develop a national plan for leprosy training, organise training of trainers and assure access to appropriate teaching and learning materials. There is a need for more comprehensive evaluation of the ongoing leprosy training in pre-service institutions.
PY - 2011 SP - 296 EP - 303 T2 - Leprosy review TI - A study on inclusion of leprosy in the curricula of pre-service health training institutions in Uganda. UR - https://leprosyreview.org/article/82/3/01-657 VL - 82 SN - 0305-7518 ER -