Training the new generati on of students in global healt h at a Peruvian university.
Journal Title: Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica - Year 2008, Vol 25, Issue 3
Abstract
In July 2007, the Global Health Program in Peru (www.globalhealthperu.org) at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) organized a course entitled “Basic concepts in Global Health” for undergraduate students at UPCH and foreign students. [b][i]Objective. [/i][/b]Report the evaluation of the course. [b][i]Material and methods[/i][/b]. We measured the participants’ knowledge by a pre- and post-test. An end-of-course evaluation was also applied. Finally, a nine-month follow-up evaluation survey was conducted. [b][i]Results. [/i][/b]Twenty-four participants were enrolled in the course. Of 30 questions, the mean % score increased from 45.6 pre test (SD = 8.37) to 68.8 (SD = 14.46) for the post test (P < 0.0001, n = 24). At the end-of-course evaluation, most of the comments (54%) about the course were positive. The main perceived strength of the course was the relevance and the innovation of the topics (31%), and the quality of the speakers (25%). The main perceived weakness was the short time for some presentations (42%) and that some professors/topics were difficult to understand (18%). 92% ranked the course as very good/excellent (22/24), 100% evaluated the utility of the course as useful/very useful. 88% (21/24) would recommend this course to other students. At the nine-month follow-up survey, 88% (15/17) of students put in practice what they learnt during the course. [b][i]Conclusions. [/i][/b]The course increased knowledge of participants and their comments towards the course were positive. The course “Basic concepts in global health” could be a model for other national or international undergraduate training programs.
Authors and Affiliations
Walter Curioso , Marcela Lazo-Escalante , Eduardo Gotuzzo, Héctor García, Robert Gilman, Patricia García
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