Publication: Assessment of health professional education across five Asian countries-a protocol
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2018-10-03
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14784491
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Mahidol University
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Human Resources for Health. Vol.16, No.1 (2018)
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Sanjay Zodpey, Pisake Lumbiganon, Tim Evans, Ke Yang, Bui Thi Thu Ha, Himanshu Negandhi, Wanicha Chuenkongkaew, Ahmed Al-Kabir Assessment of health professional education across five Asian countries-a protocol. Human Resources for Health. Vol.16, No.1 (2018). doi:10.1186/s12960-018-0316-6 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/46252
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Assessment of health professional education across five Asian countries-a protocol
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© 2018 The Author(s). Background: There is an increasing consensus globally that the education of health professionals is failing to keep pace with scientific, social, and economic changes transforming the healthcare environment. This catalyzed a movement in reforming education of health professionals across Bangladesh, China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam who jointly volunteered to implement and conduct cooperative, comparative, and suitable health professional education assessments with respect to the nation's socio-economic and cultural status, as well as domestic health service system. Methods: The 5C network undertook a multi-country health professional educational study to provide its countries with evidence for HRH policymaking. Its scope was limited to the assessment of medical, nursing, and public health education at three levels within each country: national, institutional, and graduate level (including about to graduate students and alumni). Results: This paper describes the general issues related to health professional education and the protocols used in a five-country assessment of medical, nursing, and public health education. A common protocol for the situation analysis survey was developed that included tools to undertake a national and institutional assessment, and graduate surveys among about-to-graduate and graduates for medical, nursing, and public health professions. Data collection was conducted through a mixture of literature reviews and qualitative research. Conclusions: The national assessment would serve as a resource for countries to plan HRH-related future actions.