Involvement of medical schools in DOTS 19972003

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Involvement of medical schools in DOTS1997-2003

• NTP managers meeting
• Lahore 26-29 April

Dr. Samiha Baghdadis EMRO/STB
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Doctors of the future

• Care provider
• Decision maker
• Communicator
• Community Leader
• Manager

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Four points for TB medical training

• What the future doctor must know about
  tuberculosis.
• The attitude and practical skills that the future
  doctor needs in managing tuberculosis.
• Suggested changes in methods of training.
• Suggested changes in assessment.

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What the future doctor must know about
tuberculosis

• Tuberculosis burden, and national tuberculosis
  program.
• The fundamental scientific facts about
  tuberculosis.
• How to manage tuberculosis.

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The attitude and the practical skills to manage
tuberculosis

• Communicate with patients, patients family,
  community and health workers.
• Take a history for the patients and perform
  clinical examination.
• Identify the acid fast bacilli by microscopy of
  sputum.
• Read X-Ray.
• Do tuberculin test and read it.

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The attitude and the practical skills to manage
tuberculosis-2

• Do health education.
• Complete treatment cards and other forms.
• Make the appropriate management decision.
• Supervise and support of health workers

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The attitude and the practical skills to manage
tuberculosis-3

• Register outcomes of treatment.
• Make professional links with laboratories,
  hospitals and other health institutions, in
  addition to the tuberculosis control program.

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Products

• Three meetings (Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia)
• TB and medical schools document

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Suggested changes in methods of learning and
assessment

• NO clear agenda/ results YET among the Medical
  schools
• We still have the HOPE

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Workgroups

• During the workshop, please let us know How much
  you have done and we can proceed

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Workgroups

• Countries
• A and B(AFG, Egy, Irn)
• C and D(Sud)
• E and F (Syr, Tun)
• Each group will be facilitated by the university
  representative