Chapman Helena J, Bottentuit-Rocha Jessica
Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA.
School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Glob Health Res Policy. 2016 Aug 17;1:12. doi: 10.1186/s41256-016-0011-x. eCollection 2016.
This purpose of this report was to examine the perceptions of medical students about the strengths, limitations, and recommendations for improvement of the first known student-run HIV/AIDS educational campaigns in the Dominican Republic (DR), as they relate to the added value applied to their educational training.
A retrospective review was conducted on evaluation reports completed by five medical students who coordinated the implementation of three annual HIV/AIDS educational campaigns in five DR communities, between 2012 and 2014. Thematic analysis was used to identify emerging themes related to perceived strengths, limitations, and recommendations for improvement and develop an acronym related to program strengths as value added to medical education.
Students highlighted that program strengths were the use of social media technology to facilitate communication and culture-based creativity to capture the attention of target audiences; and limitations were inadequate financial support and HIV-related cultural stigma, due to lack of disease knowledge and awareness or perceived contrasts between the federal system and faith-based community. Recommendations for program improvement, such as comprehensive event preparation and knowing the target audience, were described as key to maximizing the delivery of health messages.
Our results highlighted that medical students gained expertise in the effective use of social media technology, culture-based creativity, and team synergy to disseminate HIV/AIDS health information across five DR communities. Students participated in these extracurricular community health campaigns, strengthening skills in communication, health advocacy, and leadership for their medical training. They served as human resources for health and can pave the way as future clinicians and indispensable health educators in local and national health collaborations.
本报告旨在探讨医学生对多米尼加共和国首次学生主导的艾滋病毒/艾滋病教育活动的优势、局限性及改进建议的看法，这些看法与他们教育培训中所获得的附加价值相关。
对五名医学生完成的评估报告进行回顾性分析，这五名医学生在2012年至2014年期间协调在多米尼加共和国五个社区开展了三次年度艾滋病毒/艾滋病教育活动。采用主题分析法确定与感知到的优势、局限性及改进建议相关的新出现主题，并制定一个与项目优势相关的首字母缩写词，作为医学教育的附加值。
学生们强调，项目优势在于利用社交媒体技术促进沟通以及基于文化的创意来吸引目标受众的注意力；局限性在于财政支持不足以及与艾滋病毒相关的文化耻辱感，这是由于疾病知识和意识缺乏，或者联邦系统与宗教社区之间存在明显差异所致。项目改进建议，如全面的活动准备和了解目标受众，被描述为最大限度传递健康信息的关键。
我们的结果突出表明，医学生在有效利用社交媒体技术、基于文化的创意和团队协同作用以在多米尼加共和国五个社区传播艾滋病毒/艾滋病健康信息方面获得了专业知识。学生们参与这些课外社区健康活动，增强了他们在医学培训中的沟通、健康宣传和领导技能。他们成为了健康人力资源，并可为未来成为当地和国家卫生合作中不可或缺的临床医生和健康教育工作者铺平道路。
