An Innovative Approach to undergraduate Medical Education in Nigeria

Abstract

This study aimed at assessing of innovative, community-based Primary Health Care(PHC) educational strategies on medical education and practice in Nigeria. The study started with the development of a conceptual model for the evaluation of the Innovative Primary Health Care Medical Education (IPHCME) and a review of essential information from existing records, reports and programme plans on medical education in Nigeria, in general, and IPHCME in particular. Two IPHCME institutions in the South-Western part of the country were selected for the study and two traditional medical institutions that operated conventional curricula, and matched for location and age, were selected as controls. Self-administered questionnaires were developed and used for the collection of data from a random sample of final year students in the innovative medical schools (SIMS), students in traditional medical schools (STMS), graduates of innovative medical schools (GIMS) and graduates of traditional medical...