Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
Teach Learn Med. 2009 Oct;21(4):310-7. doi: 10.1080/10401330903228513.
Little has been published describing curricular experiences in correctional health (CH).
Our goal is to articulate a curriculum cognizant of the special needs of the correctional health care worker.
We conducted focus groups with nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians focused on content crucial to prepare competent medical professionals committed to careers in correctional health.
Six main themes emerged from the data, which were used to confirm and add to the growing curriculum on correctional health used in our university's correctional health electives. The themes are (a) characteristics of the population being served; (b) prevalent conditions requiring clinical expertise; (c) public health opportunities in correctional facilities; (d) ethical considerations; (e) medical-legal issues; and (d) the CH system, structure, and administration.
The successful provision of health care in correctional settings requires specialized knowledge, skills, and awareness not typically available in other health care training settings.
关于惩教健康（CH）课程经验的相关内容鲜有发表。
我们的目标是制定一门课程，使学员能够了解惩教医疗工作者的特殊需求。
我们对护士、执业护士、医师助理和医生进行了重点小组讨论，重点关注对准备从事惩教健康职业的有能力的医疗专业人员至关重要的内容。
从数据中出现了六个主要主题，这些主题被用于确认和补充我们大学的惩教健康选修课程中日益增长的惩教健康课程。这些主题是（a）所服务人群的特征；（b）需要临床专业知识的常见病症；（c）惩教设施中的公共卫生机会；（d）道德考量；（e）医疗法律问题；和（d）CH 系统、结构和管理。
成功地在惩教环境中提供医疗服务需要专门的知识、技能和意识，而这些通常在其他医疗培训环境中无法获得。
