Masanganise R, Samkange C, Mukona D, Aagaard E
Cent Afr J Med. 2015 May-Aug;61(5-8):44-8.
The establishment of a credible, defensible and acceptable “formal competency based ophthalmology training curriculum for undergraduate medical and dental students” is fundamental to program recognition, monitoring and evaluation. The University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences (UZ-CHS) has never had a formal ophthalmology training curriculum for medical graduates since its inception. This has cast doubts on the quality of medical graduates produced with regards to delivery of basic primary eye care in the community.
The aim of this project was to develop a formal “competency based ophthalmology training curriculum” (CBOTC) for medical graduates in Zimbabwe.
Institution based (University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences and Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals), cross-sectional analytic study.
A review of undergraduate medical training curriculum and literature was done to identify gaps in the ophthalmology training curriculum. A local needs assessment was conducted through interviews of major stake holders in the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences and Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals.
This project confirmed the lack of a formal ophthalmology training curriculum for medical graduates at the UZCHS, ad-hoc training of undergraduate ophthalmology and inconsistent student assessment in knowledge of and care of eye complaints. Cataract, glaucoma, refractive errors, ocular tumours, conjunctivitis, eye infection and eye injuries were suggested as priority conditions every student should learn during the rotation. A formal CBOTC for medical graduates based on identified needs and priority eye diseases has been developed in response.
A CBOTC based on identified needs and focused on targeted diseases has been proposed geared towards producing medical graduates with the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes to deliver adequate primary eye care.
建立一个可信、合理且可接受的“面向医学和牙科本科学生的基于能力的正规眼科培训课程”对于项目的认可、监督和评估至关重要。津巴布韦大学健康科学学院（UZ-CHS）自成立以来，从未为医学毕业生制定过正规的眼科培训课程。这引发了人们对社区中基础初级眼保健方面医学毕业生质量的质疑。
本项目的目的是为津巴布韦的医学毕业生制定一个正规的“基于能力的眼科培训课程”（CBOTC）。
基于机构（津巴布韦大学健康科学学院和帕里伦亚瓦医院集团）的横断面分析研究。
对本科医学培训课程和文献进行回顾，以确定眼科培训课程中的差距。通过对津巴布韦大学健康科学学院和帕里伦亚瓦医院集团的主要利益相关者进行访谈，开展了当地需求评估。
该项目证实了UZCHS缺乏针对医学毕业生的正规眼科培训课程，本科眼科培训是临时安排的，且学生在眼部疾病知识和护理方面的评估不一致。白内障、青光眼、屈光不正、眼部肿瘤、结膜炎、眼部感染和眼外伤被建议作为每个学生在轮转期间应学习的优先病症。针对已确定的需求和优先眼部疾病，已制定了一个面向医学毕业生的正规CBOTC。
已提出一个基于已确定需求并专注于目标疾病的CBOTC，旨在培养具备提供充分初级眼保健的基础知识、技能和态度的医学毕业生。
