Gaps and gains from engaging districts stakeholders for community-based health professions education in Uganda: a qualitative study

Community-based education research and service (COBERS) is a brand of community-based education that has been adopted by the Medical Education and Service for All Ugandans consortium. The COBERS programme is aimed at equipping students in health professional education with the knowledge, attitudes a...

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Main Authors:	Okello, Elialilia S., Nankumbi, Joyce, Ruzaaza, Gad Ndaruhutse, Bakengesa, Evelyn, Gumikiriza, Joy, Arubaku, Wilfred, Acio, Christine, Samantha, Mary, Matte, Michael
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Bohn Stafleu van Loghum 2015
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4673069/

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spelling	pubmed-46730692015-12-16 Gaps and gains from engaging districts stakeholders for community-based health professions education in Uganda: a qualitative study Okello, Elialilia S. Nankumbi, Joyce Ruzaaza, Gad Ndaruhutse Bakengesa, Evelyn Gumikiriza, Joy Arubaku, Wilfred Acio, Christine Samantha, Mary Matte, Michael Original Article Community-based education research and service (COBERS) is a brand of community-based education that has been adopted by the Medical Education and Service for All Ugandans consortium. The COBERS programme is aimed at equipping students in health professional education with the knowledge, attitudes and skills required to provide appropriate health care services. For sustainability purposes, the health professional training institutions have made efforts to involve various stakeholders in the implementation of the programme. However, the actual engagement process and outcome of such efforts have not been documented. This paper documents gaps and gains made in engaging district stakeholders for community-based education. Key informant interviews, focus group discussions and document review were used to collect data. Atlas.ti, computer software for qualitative data was used to aid analysis. The analysis revealed that the adopted engagement model has registered some gains including increased awareness among district leaders about potential opportunities offered by COBERS such as boosting of human resources at health facilities, opportunities for professional development for health care workers at health facilities, and establishment of linkages between prospective employees and employers. However, the engagement model left some gaps in terms of knowledge, awareness and ownership of the programme among some sections of stakeholders. The apparent information gap about the programme among district stakeholders, especially the political leadership, may hinder concerted partnership. The findings highlight the need for health professional education institutions to broaden the scope of actively engaged stakeholders with the district level. Bohn Stafleu van Loghum 2015-11-10 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4673069/ /pubmed/26556225 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40037-015-0228-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2015 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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author	Okello, Elialilia S. Nankumbi, Joyce Ruzaaza, Gad Ndaruhutse Bakengesa, Evelyn Gumikiriza, Joy Arubaku, Wilfred Acio, Christine Samantha, Mary Matte, Michael
spellingShingle	Okello, Elialilia S. Nankumbi, Joyce Ruzaaza, Gad Ndaruhutse Bakengesa, Evelyn Gumikiriza, Joy Arubaku, Wilfred Acio, Christine Samantha, Mary Matte, Michael Gaps and gains from engaging districts stakeholders for community-based health professions education in Uganda: a qualitative study
author_facet	Okello, Elialilia S. Nankumbi, Joyce Ruzaaza, Gad Ndaruhutse Bakengesa, Evelyn Gumikiriza, Joy Arubaku, Wilfred Acio, Christine Samantha, Mary Matte, Michael
author_sort	Okello, Elialilia S.
title	Gaps and gains from engaging districts stakeholders for community-based health professions education in Uganda: a qualitative study
title_short	Gaps and gains from engaging districts stakeholders for community-based health professions education in Uganda: a qualitative study
title_full	Gaps and gains from engaging districts stakeholders for community-based health professions education in Uganda: a qualitative study
title_fullStr	Gaps and gains from engaging districts stakeholders for community-based health professions education in Uganda: a qualitative study
title_full_unstemmed	Gaps and gains from engaging districts stakeholders for community-based health professions education in Uganda: a qualitative study
title_sort	gaps and gains from engaging districts stakeholders for community-based health professions education in uganda: a qualitative study
description	Community-based education research and service (COBERS) is a brand of community-based education that has been adopted by the Medical Education and Service for All Ugandans consortium. The COBERS programme is aimed at equipping students in health professional education with the knowledge, attitudes and skills required to provide appropriate health care services. For sustainability purposes, the health professional training institutions have made efforts to involve various stakeholders in the implementation of the programme. However, the actual engagement process and outcome of such efforts have not been documented. This paper documents gaps and gains made in engaging district stakeholders for community-based education. Key informant interviews, focus group discussions and document review were used to collect data. Atlas.ti, computer software for qualitative data was used to aid analysis. The analysis revealed that the adopted engagement model has registered some gains including increased awareness among district leaders about potential opportunities offered by COBERS such as boosting of human resources at health facilities, opportunities for professional development for health care workers at health facilities, and establishment of linkages between prospective employees and employers. However, the engagement model left some gaps in terms of knowledge, awareness and ownership of the programme among some sections of stakeholders. The apparent information gap about the programme among district stakeholders, especially the political leadership, may hinder concerted partnership. The findings highlight the need for health professional education institutions to broaden the scope of actively engaged stakeholders with the district level.
publisher	Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
publishDate	2015
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4673069/
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Gaps and gains from engaging districts stakeholders for community-based health professions education in Uganda: a qualitative study

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