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    Establishing a field epidemiology elective for medical students in Kenya: A strategy for increasing public health awareness and workforce capacity.

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    2015
    Author
    Arvelo, W
    Gura, Z
    Amwayi, S
    Wiersma, P
    Omolo, J
    Becknell, S
    Becknell, S
    Jones, D
    Ongore, D
    Dicker, R
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    Article; en
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    en
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    Medical students have limited exposure to field epidemiology, even though will assume public health roles after graduation. We established a 10-week elective in field epidemiology during medical school. Students attended one-week didactic sessions on epidemiology, and nine weeks in field placement sites. We administered pre- and post-tests to evaluate the training. We enrolled 34 students in 2011 and 2012. In 2011, we enrolled five of 24 applicants from a class of 280 medical students. In 2012, we enrolled 18 of 81 applicants from a class of 360 students; plus 11 who participated in the didactic sessions only. Among the 34 students who completed the didactic sessions, 74% were male, and their median age was 24years (range: 22-26). The median pre-test score was 64% (range: 47-88%) and the median post-test score was 82% (range: 72-100%). Successful completion of the field projects was 100%. Six (30%) students were not aware of public health as a career option before this elective, 56% rated the field experience as outstanding, and 100% reported it increased their understanding of epidemiology. Implementing an elective in field epidemiology within the medical training is a highly acceptable strategy to increase awareness for public health among medical students.
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    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25700921
    http://hdl.handle.net/11295/80776
    Citation
    J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2015 Mar;5(1):33-9
    Publisher
    University of Nairobi
    Subject
    Africa; Field epidemiology; Medical elective; Workforce development
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