赞比亚五年家庭医学教育:挑战、里程碑和经验教训。

IF 1.8 4区 医学 Q2 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Matthew S Haldeman, Evaristo Kunka, Bassim Birkland, Mpundu Makasa
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摘要

在过去的20年里,在南部非洲,加强初级保健的需求日益增长,这激发了人们对家庭医学专业的兴趣。鉴于该地区传染病和非传染性疾病负担沉重,加上卫生保健资源有限和获得保健的机会有限,家庭医生可能在改善这些环境中的卫生保健机会和质量方面发挥关键作用。赞比亚家庭医学的发展始于2013年,当时是一个由敬业的临床和公共卫生学者组成的工作组,并于2019年推出了该国首个家庭医学住院医师。尽管面临着巨大的挑战,但该项目自那时以来一直蓬勃发展,从2019年的两名首届居民迅速增长到2025年的45名居民和应届毕业生。虽然这种增长使住院医师成为该地区家庭医学教育的领导者,但它也带来了一系列新的挑战。在这个叙述中,我们描述了赞比亚的卫生保健背景,将家庭医学作为一种专业引入新的卫生保健景观,以及该国有史以来第一个快速增长的家庭医学住院医师的启动,以及独特的挑战,所采用的策略,以及一路上学到的经验教训。在文章的最后,我们展望了该项目继续发展的新挑战和建议。所获得的经验和教训可能会被撒哈拉以南非洲地区未来的家庭医学住院医师初创企业所利用。
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Five Years of Family Medicine Education in Zambia: Challenges, Milestones, and Lessons Learned.

Over the past 2 decades, the growing need to strengthen primary care in southern Africa has fueled a rising interest in the specialty of family medicine. Given the region's heavy burden of both communicable and noncommunicable diseases, along with restricted health care resources and limited access to care, family physicians may play a key role in improving health care access and quality in these settings. The development of family medicine in Zambia began in 2013 as a working group of committed clinical and public health academics, and progressed to the launch of that country's first family medicine residency in 2019. Despite enormous challenges, the program has flourished since that time, growing rapidly from the inaugural two residents in 2019 to 45 residents and recent graduates by 2025. While this growth has allowed the residency to become a leader in family medicine education in the region, it also has brought a new set of challenges. In this narrative, we describe the health care context of Zambia, the introduction of family medicine as a specialty to a new health care landscape, and the launch of that country's first ever and rapidly growing family medicine residency, as well as unique challenges, strategies employed, and lessons learned along the way. We conclude the article by looking ahead at new challenges and recommendations for the program's continued growth. The experiences and lessons learned may be used by future family medicine residency start-ups throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

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Family Medicine
Family Medicine 医学-医学:内科
CiteScore
2.40
自引率
21.10%
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0
审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Family Medicine, the official journal of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, publishes original research, systematic reviews, narrative essays, and policy analyses relevant to the discipline of family medicine, particularly focusing on primary care medical education, health workforce policy, and health services research. Journal content is not limited to educational research from family medicine educators; and we welcome innovative, high-quality contributions from authors in a variety of specialties and academic fields.
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