Flinkenflögel Maaike, Ogunbanjo Gboyega, Cubaka Vincent Kalumire, De Maeseneer Jan
Discipline Primary Health Care, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Partners in Health, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda.
BMC Med Educ. 2015 Aug 1;15:124. doi: 10.1186/s12909-015-0405-3.
International medical electives are well-accepted in medical education, with the flow of students generally being North-South. In this article we explore the learning outcomes of Rwandan family medicine residents who completed their final year elective in South Africa. We compare the learning outcomes of this South-South elective to those of North-South electives from the literature.
In-depth interviews were conducted with Rwandan postgraduate family medicine residents who completed a 4-week elective in South Africa during their final year of training. The interviews were thematically analysed in an inductive way.
The residents reported important learning outcomes in four overarching domains namely: medical, organisational, educational, and personal.
The learning outcomes of the residents in this South-South elective had substantial similarities to findings in literature on learning outcomes of students from the North undertaking electives in the Southern hemisphere. Electives are a useful learning tool, both for Northern students, and students from universities in the South. A reciprocity-framework is needed to increase mutual benefits for Southern universities when students from the North come for electives. We suggest further research on the possibility of supporting South-South electives by Northern colleagues.
国际医学选修课程在医学教育中广受欢迎，学生流动方向通常是从北向南。在本文中，我们探讨了在南非完成最后一年选修课程的卢旺达家庭医学住院医师的学习成果。我们将这一南南选修课程的学习成果与文献中南北选修课程的学习成果进行比较。
对在培训最后一年期间在南非完成了为期4周选修课程的卢旺达家庭医学研究生住院医师进行了深入访谈。对访谈进行了归纳式的主题分析。
住院医师报告了在四个总体领域的重要学习成果，即医学、组织、教育和个人领域。
这一南南选修课程中住院医师的学习成果与关于北半球学生在南半球进行选修课程的学习成果的文献研究结果有很大相似之处。选修课程对北方学生和南方大学的学生都是一种有用的学习工具。当北方学生来进行选修课程时，需要一个互惠框架来增加南方大学的互利。我们建议进一步研究北方同事支持南南选修课程的可能性。
