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Can Credit Systems Help in Family Medicine Training in Developing Countries? An Innovative Concept
There is irrefutable evidence that health systems perform best when supported by a Family Physician network. Training a critical mass of highly skilled Family Physicians can help developing countries to reach their Millennium Development Goals and deliver comprehensive patient-centered health care t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4209667/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25374849 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.141596 |
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author | Raji, J. Beulah Velavan, Jachin Anbarasi, Sahaya Grant, Liz |
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description | There is irrefutable evidence that health systems perform best when supported by a Family Physician network. Training a critical mass of highly skilled Family Physicians can help developing countries to reach their Millennium Development Goals and deliver comprehensive patient-centered health care to their population. The challenge in developing countries is the need to rapidly train these Family Physicians in large numbers, while also ensuring the quality of the learning, and assuring the quality of training. The experience of Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, India and other global examples confirm the fact that training large numbers is possible through well-designed blended learning programs. The question then arises as to how these programs can be standardized. Globally, the concept of the “credit system” has become the watch-word for many training programs seeking standardization. This article explores the possibility of introducing incremental academic certifications using credit systems as a method to standardize these blended learning programs, gives a glimpse at the innovation that CMC, Vellore is piloting in this regard partnering with the University of Edinburgh and analyses the possible benefits and pitfalls of such an approach. |
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spelling | pubmed-42096672014-11-05 Can Credit Systems Help in Family Medicine Training in Developing Countries? An Innovative Concept Raji, J. Beulah Velavan, Jachin Anbarasi, Sahaya Grant, Liz J Family Med Prim Care Family Medicine Education There is irrefutable evidence that health systems perform best when supported by a Family Physician network. Training a critical mass of highly skilled Family Physicians can help developing countries to reach their Millennium Development Goals and deliver comprehensive patient-centered health care to their population. The challenge in developing countries is the need to rapidly train these Family Physicians in large numbers, while also ensuring the quality of the learning, and assuring the quality of training. The experience of Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, India and other global examples confirm the fact that training large numbers is possible through well-designed blended learning programs. The question then arises as to how these programs can be standardized. Globally, the concept of the “credit system” has become the watch-word for many training programs seeking standardization. This article explores the possibility of introducing incremental academic certifications using credit systems as a method to standardize these blended learning programs, gives a glimpse at the innovation that CMC, Vellore is piloting in this regard partnering with the University of Edinburgh and analyses the possible benefits and pitfalls of such an approach. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4209667/ /pubmed/25374849 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.141596 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Family Medicine Education Raji, J. Beulah Velavan, Jachin Anbarasi, Sahaya Grant, Liz Can Credit Systems Help in Family Medicine Training in Developing Countries? An Innovative Concept |
title | Can Credit Systems Help in Family Medicine Training in Developing Countries? An Innovative Concept |
title_full | Can Credit Systems Help in Family Medicine Training in Developing Countries? An Innovative Concept |
title_fullStr | Can Credit Systems Help in Family Medicine Training in Developing Countries? An Innovative Concept |
title_full_unstemmed | Can Credit Systems Help in Family Medicine Training in Developing Countries? An Innovative Concept |
title_short | Can Credit Systems Help in Family Medicine Training in Developing Countries? An Innovative Concept |
title_sort | can credit systems help in family medicine training in developing countries? an innovative concept |
topic | Family Medicine Education |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4209667/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25374849 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.141596 |
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