Pilot study to build capacity for family medicine with abbreviated, low-cost training programme with minimal impact on patient care for a cohort of 84 general practitioners caring for Palestinian refugees in Jordan.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Studies document that primary care improves health outcomes and controls costs. In regions of the world where primary care is underdeveloped, building capacity is essential. Most capacity building programmes are expensive and take physicians away from their clinical settings. We describe a programme created, delivered and evaluated from 2013 to 2014 in Jordan.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

Physicians providing primary care in the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees clinics in Jordan.

Participants

Eighty-four general practitioners (GPs) were invited to participate and completed the training and evaluation. GPs are physicians who have a license to practice medicine after completing medical school and a 1 year hospital-based rotati

SUBMITTER: Al Shdaifat A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6688676 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature