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Using the Kolb’s experiential learning cycle to explore the extent of application of one health competencies to solving global health challenges; a tracer study among AFROHUN-Uganda alumni

BACKGROUND: The Africa One Health University Network (AFROHUN) with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has since 2012 conducted pre and in-service One health (OH) trainings with the objective of improving global health security. These trainings aim to build...

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Autores principales: Ssekamatte, Tonny, Isunju, John Bosco, Nalugya, Aisha, Mugambe, Richard K., Kalibala, Patrick, Musewa, Angella, Bikaako, Winnie, Nattimba, Milly, Tigaiza, Arnold, Nakalembe, Doreen, Osuret, Jimmy, Wafula, Solomon Tsebeni, Buregyeya, Esther, Tsiouris, Fatima, Michaels-Strasser, Susan, Kabasa, John David, Bazeyo, William
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9096757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35550588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-022-00841-5
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author Ssekamatte, Tonny
Isunju, John Bosco
Nalugya, Aisha
Mugambe, Richard K.
Kalibala, Patrick
Musewa, Angella
Bikaako, Winnie
Nattimba, Milly
Tigaiza, Arnold
Nakalembe, Doreen
Osuret, Jimmy
Wafula, Solomon Tsebeni
Buregyeya, Esther
Tsiouris, Fatima
Michaels-Strasser, Susan
Kabasa, John David
Bazeyo, William
author_facet Ssekamatte, Tonny
Isunju, John Bosco
Nalugya, Aisha
Mugambe, Richard K.
Kalibala, Patrick
Musewa, Angella
Bikaako, Winnie
Nattimba, Milly
Tigaiza, Arnold
Nakalembe, Doreen
Osuret, Jimmy
Wafula, Solomon Tsebeni
Buregyeya, Esther
Tsiouris, Fatima
Michaels-Strasser, Susan
Kabasa, John David
Bazeyo, William
author_sort Ssekamatte, Tonny
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description BACKGROUND: The Africa One Health University Network (AFROHUN) with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has since 2012 conducted pre and in-service One health (OH) trainings with the objective of improving global health security. These trainings aim to build competencies that, enhance a multidisciplinary approach to solving global health challenges. Despite the investment in OH trainings, there is limited documentation of the extent of acquisition and application of the OH competencies at workplaces. This tracer study explored the extent of acquisition and application of the OH competencies by the AFROHUN-Uganda alumni. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among a random sample of 182 AFROHUN-Uganda alumni of 2013–2018 cohorts. A blended approach of interviewer-administered and self-administered questionnaires was used. Virtual platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft teams, and Skype, and phone interviews were used to collect data when face-to-face interactions with alumni were not possible. Data were collected electronically, either through a link or with the aid of the KoboCollect mobile application, pre-installed on android enabled devices, and analysed using STATA14.0. RESULTS: The majority of respondents, 78.6% (143/182) had jobs that required application of OH knowledge and skills, 95.6% (174/182) had learned employable skills from OH activities and 89.6% (163/182) had applied such skills when searching for employment. About 21.7% (34/180) to a very high extent required OH field-specific theoretical knowledge at their workplaces, 27.4% (43/80) to a very high extent required OH field-specific practical knowledge/skills, 42.7% (67/180) to a high extent required a change in attitude and perceptions towards working with people from different disciplines, 49.0% (77/180) required collaboration and networking skills, and more than half, 51.0% (80/180) required team building skills. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of OH alumni to a very high extent acquired and applied OH competences such as teamwork, effective communication, community entry and engagement, report writing and problem-solving skills. This study revealed the significant contribution of the AFROHUN Uganda OH activities towards supportive work environments, and highlights areas of improvement such as supporting the trainees to acquire people-management skills, innovation, and an entrepreneurial mind set.
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spelling pubmed-90967572022-05-12 Using the Kolb’s experiential learning cycle to explore the extent of application of one health competencies to solving global health challenges; a tracer study among AFROHUN-Uganda alumni Ssekamatte, Tonny Isunju, John Bosco Nalugya, Aisha Mugambe, Richard K. Kalibala, Patrick Musewa, Angella Bikaako, Winnie Nattimba, Milly Tigaiza, Arnold Nakalembe, Doreen Osuret, Jimmy Wafula, Solomon Tsebeni Buregyeya, Esther Tsiouris, Fatima Michaels-Strasser, Susan Kabasa, John David Bazeyo, William Global Health Research BACKGROUND: The Africa One Health University Network (AFROHUN) with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has since 2012 conducted pre and in-service One health (OH) trainings with the objective of improving global health security. These trainings aim to build competencies that, enhance a multidisciplinary approach to solving global health challenges. Despite the investment in OH trainings, there is limited documentation of the extent of acquisition and application of the OH competencies at workplaces. This tracer study explored the extent of acquisition and application of the OH competencies by the AFROHUN-Uganda alumni. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among a random sample of 182 AFROHUN-Uganda alumni of 2013–2018 cohorts. A blended approach of interviewer-administered and self-administered questionnaires was used. Virtual platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft teams, and Skype, and phone interviews were used to collect data when face-to-face interactions with alumni were not possible. Data were collected electronically, either through a link or with the aid of the KoboCollect mobile application, pre-installed on android enabled devices, and analysed using STATA14.0. RESULTS: The majority of respondents, 78.6% (143/182) had jobs that required application of OH knowledge and skills, 95.6% (174/182) had learned employable skills from OH activities and 89.6% (163/182) had applied such skills when searching for employment. About 21.7% (34/180) to a very high extent required OH field-specific theoretical knowledge at their workplaces, 27.4% (43/80) to a very high extent required OH field-specific practical knowledge/skills, 42.7% (67/180) to a high extent required a change in attitude and perceptions towards working with people from different disciplines, 49.0% (77/180) required collaboration and networking skills, and more than half, 51.0% (80/180) required team building skills. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of OH alumni to a very high extent acquired and applied OH competences such as teamwork, effective communication, community entry and engagement, report writing and problem-solving skills. This study revealed the significant contribution of the AFROHUN Uganda OH activities towards supportive work environments, and highlights areas of improvement such as supporting the trainees to acquire people-management skills, innovation, and an entrepreneurial mind set. BioMed Central 2022-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9096757/ /pubmed/35550588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-022-00841-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Ssekamatte, Tonny
Isunju, John Bosco
Nalugya, Aisha
Mugambe, Richard K.
Kalibala, Patrick
Musewa, Angella
Bikaako, Winnie
Nattimba, Milly
Tigaiza, Arnold
Nakalembe, Doreen
Osuret, Jimmy
Wafula, Solomon Tsebeni
Buregyeya, Esther
Tsiouris, Fatima
Michaels-Strasser, Susan
Kabasa, John David
Bazeyo, William
Using the Kolb’s experiential learning cycle to explore the extent of application of one health competencies to solving global health challenges; a tracer study among AFROHUN-Uganda alumni
title Using the Kolb’s experiential learning cycle to explore the extent of application of one health competencies to solving global health challenges; a tracer study among AFROHUN-Uganda alumni
title_full Using the Kolb’s experiential learning cycle to explore the extent of application of one health competencies to solving global health challenges; a tracer study among AFROHUN-Uganda alumni
title_fullStr Using the Kolb’s experiential learning cycle to explore the extent of application of one health competencies to solving global health challenges; a tracer study among AFROHUN-Uganda alumni
title_full_unstemmed Using the Kolb’s experiential learning cycle to explore the extent of application of one health competencies to solving global health challenges; a tracer study among AFROHUN-Uganda alumni
title_short Using the Kolb’s experiential learning cycle to explore the extent of application of one health competencies to solving global health challenges; a tracer study among AFROHUN-Uganda alumni
title_sort using the kolb’s experiential learning cycle to explore the extent of application of one health competencies to solving global health challenges; a tracer study among afrohun-uganda alumni
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9096757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35550588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-022-00841-5
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