Primary Health Care Year 3rd

Recess Semester 2021

Overview lecture
Dr Wanume Benon
April 2021

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MISSION: To provide a high standard of training, engage in quality research and outreach for socio-economic transformation and sustainable development.
Outline of the Lecture
• Background
• Course outline and content
• Method of delivery
• Expectations
• Deliverables
• Assessments

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Background 1
• Since our establishment in 2013, Busitema University Faculty of
Health Sciences - a major role in the economic and social
transformation.
• The University aims to produce distinguished health
professionals - to serve in rural areas where more client live
• Over 80% of our population live in the rural but paradoxically
over 80% of health workers live in the urban
• The University strives to prepare professionals who will work in
both urban and rural settings.

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MISSION: To provide a high standard of training, engage in quality research and outreach for socio-economic transformation and sustainable development. 3
Background 2
• The Faculty of health sciences also strives to deliberately in - build
within the training;-
• To contribute evidence based information (Research) to MoH, local
governments and Government to influence policies and help policy
makers reach guided decisions.
• The first community placement focused on community entry skills
• Second year placement focused mostly on identification of
community problems and making plans for the design of sustainable
interventions.
• The third and final year of community placement will focus on
understanding the health system, delivery of primary healthcare, and
implementation, and monitoring of carefully designed health
interventions.

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MISSION: To provide a high standard of training, engage in quality research and outreach for socio-economic transformation and sustainable development. 4
Objectives of the course 1
• To explain the elements and principles of Primary Health Care

• To explain the factors that affect nutrition status of individuals

and communities.

• To discuss the National Health policy, organization and structure

of the Health Care delivery systems

• Describe the process and utilization of health management

information system.

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MISSION: To provide a high standard of training, engage in quality research and outreach for socio-economic transformation and sustainable development. 5
Objectives of the course 2
• Write a project proposal to address a specific health problem.

• Implement the project

• Write a scientific report generated from the project

implementation

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Course content and outline 1
• Primary Health Care:
◦ History, Principles, Elements, Minimum Health Package, Priorities of
health Problems in Uganda, Determinants of health
• Nutrition:
◦ food availability and security, Food hygiene, factors which affect
nutrition status
• Health Management:
◦ National Health Policy and Health Sector Strategic Plan, Health Care
delivery systems, Planning and Budgeting, procurement, Human
Resource management.
• Structured organization and resources of a community

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Course content and outline 2
• Health education provision.
• Food situational analysis;
◦ Food availability, Food security, Food hygiene,

• Factors influencing nutritional status,

• National food policy;

◦ The policy gap,

• Early childhood nutrition, Poverty alleviation,

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Course content and outline 3
• Organizing community for action for health

• Health systems management; concepts of organizations and

systems

• Understanding leadership and management

• Principles of management

• Decentralization of the health sector

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Methods of Delivery
• Interactive lectures, Face to Face (F2F)
• Learning Management System (LMS) and Zoom

• Problem Based learning (PBL)

• Self Directed Learning (SDL)

• Observation and extraction of Data from documents

• Tutorials

• Teaching during clinical sessions

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Expectations
• Students to go to their sites on time.
• Fully participate in the activities as prescribed.
• Attend all tutorials, teachings and outreaches as per the
manual.
• Be disciplined and show respect to all (Nurses, M/W, NA, Dr..)
• Fill out the student manual, questionnaires and any other
documents that require filling and signing while on the
placement site.
• There will be no other opportunity to do this placement so you
are advised to do it in its proper timing.

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Deliverables
• Filled out manuals and properly signed.

• Filled out questionnaires

• Any other documents that are expected from the students for
assessments.

• Avoid forgery, do the work for it is for your own benefit.

• ‘Practice makes perfect’

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Assessment
• Continuous assessment.
◦ Tutorial attendance and participation
◦ Activity involvement and participation
• End of week one assessment - test
• Progressive test at the end of placement

• Progressive examination at the end of the semester.

◦ MCQs
◦ Short structured questions
◦ Essay Questions
◦ Viva

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Conclusion
• The University will continue to contribute to the student
transport and up keep (welfare) while at the placement site

• Tutors will visit the students at their sites from time to time.
– Discuss with the site supervisor on the progress of the course

– Discuss with the site students on the progress of the course

– Look the log books and assess the progress

– Advise on any challenges that they may be facing

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• Wish you a successful placement

• Any Questions / Clarifications

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