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Assessment of an undergraduate psychiatry course in an African setting |
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| Authors: | Benjamin J Baig Anna Beaglehole Robert C Stewart Leonie Boeing Douglas H Blackwood Johan Leuvennink Felix Kauye |
| Institution: | (1) Scotland-Malawi Mental Health Education Project, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh, EH10 5HF, UK;(2) Chief Government Psychiatrist (Ministry of Health, Malawi) and Visiting Clinical Lecturer, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi |
| Abstract: | BackgroundInternational reports recommend the improvement in the amount and quality of training for mental health workers in low and middle income countries. The Scotland-Malawi Mental Health Education Project (SMMHEP) has been established to support the teaching of psychiatry to medical students in the University of Malawi. While anecdotally supportive medical educational initiatives appear of value, little quantitative evidence exists to demonstrate whether such initiatives can deliver comparable educational standards. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of an undergraduate psychiatry course given by UK psychiatrists in Malawi by studying University of Malawi and Edinburgh University medical students' performance on an MCQ examination paper. |
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