Experience in Training of Primary Health Care Specialists in the Context of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in the Teaching of Pediatrics to Junior Students

• Main Author: O.D. Fofanov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House Zaslavsky 2013-09-01
• Series: Zdorovʹe Rebenka
• Subjects: children; integrated disease management; students; educational process
• Online Access: http://childshealth.zaslavsky.com.ua/article/view/84865

The article describes an overview of the basic principles of the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) strategy, which is designed to improve the quality of care for children up to 5 years at the level of primary health care. The first experience of the implementation of this strategy in the educational process while studying of pediatrics at the junior courses within the curriculum is described. A considerable attention is paid to the method of mastering communication skills by the junior students’ and applying them in the collection of medical history, communicating with parents and relatives of children. According to IMCI recommendations all health care professionals, who work in primary health care, must master the methodology of counseling family about care for healthy and sick children, feeding, providing optimal conditions for the physical and neuropsychological development. Our first experience demonstrates the feasibility of implementing IMCI individual issues in the educational process while studying pediatrics for the junior classes.