Bojan F, Belicza E, Horvath F, McKee M
Department of Social Medicine, University Medical School, Debrecen, Hungary.
Med Educ. 1995 Jan;29(1):48-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1995.tb02800.x.
Restructuring of training in public health in the Hungarian medical schools is being undertaken in the context of a major European Union TEMPUS Joint European Project. Under the aegis of this project a common core curriculum of public health has been developed. As part of the implementation of the curriculum, new approaches to learning are being explored that should enable students to appreciate the nature and magnitude of the major challenges to public health in Hungary and promote the development of their analytic, interpretative and presentational skills. One of the approaches is based on the individual preparation of reports on important public health issues, making use of secondary data from electronic databases (WHO HFA/PC and OECD Health Data) and traditional printed sources (annuals). This method called 'computer-based project work' was introduced in Debrecen in 1992-1993 with a secondary objective to develop basic computing skills. The initial experiences of introducing computer-based project work to the curriculum have been positive. This paper describes a practical example of the implementation of innovative approaches to teaching in a highly traditional setting in Central Europe, and one that provides ideas and encouragement to those facing similar problems in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
匈牙利医学院校公共卫生培训的重组工作正在一个重要的欧盟“tempus欧洲联合项目”背景下开展。在该项目的支持下，已经制定了公共卫生共同核心课程。作为课程实施的一部分，正在探索新的学习方法，这些方法应能使学生认识到匈牙利公共卫生面临的主要挑战的性质和规模，并促进他们分析、解释和表达能力的发展。其中一种方法是让学生基于重要公共卫生问题独立撰写报告，利用电子数据库（世卫组织《健康行动框架/欧洲区域办事处》和经合组织《健康数据》）的二手数据以及传统印刷资料（年鉴）。这种被称为“基于计算机的项目作业”的方法于1992 - 1993年在德布勒森引入，其次要目标是培养基本的计算机技能。将基于计算机的项目作业引入课程的初步经验是积极的。本文描述了在中欧一个高度传统的环境中实施创新教学方法的一个实际例子，为中东欧国家和前苏联面临类似问题的人提供了思路和鼓励。
