TY - JOUR
KW - Curriculum
KW - Dermatology
KW - diagnosis
KW - Education
KW - Europe
KW - Health
KW - Internal Medicine
KW - Knowledge
KW - leprosy
KW - Medicine
KW - Neurology
KW - Ophthalmology
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Radio
KW - Schools
KW - Spain
KW - Students
KW - Teaching
KW - Television
KW - Treatment
AU - McDougall A C
AU - Velimirovic B
AU - Koric-Gackic A
AB - In a number of countries where the leprosy problem is small and static, or perhaps declining, knowledge and interest in leprosy is also declining. Although some countries (i.e. Spain and the USA) maintain excellent teaching centres and run training courses regularly, there is a lack of teaching and educational reference facilities in many countries. For medical personnel, there is a need for courses (which could be of short duration) on basic leprosy, together with refresher courses (e.g. on chemotherapy), and these should involve doctors working in internal medicine, dermatology, neurology, ophthalmology and orthopaedics. For para-medical personnel, the emphasis should be on the recognition of leprosy and referral to an expert for confirmation of diagnosis, and treatment. The principle of Primary Health Care has been accepted by most countries of the world, including Europe, and attention should be given to the inclusion of information on leprosy in the training of PHC workers. The training or education of the public should include the use of television and radio. The curricula for students in schools of medicine should have an appropriate teaching module on leprosy; if the magnitude of the leprosy problem in a given country justifies it, there should be a question on leprosy in final examinations. In every country where leprosy is still a problem, there should be at least one centre of excellence where slit-skin smears can be examined and reported on and a histopathology service is available
BT - Quaderni di Cooperazione Sanitaria
DA - 1983///
LA - eng
N1 - Export Date: 17 April 2007 Source: Scopus
N2 - In a number of countries where the leprosy problem is small and static, or perhaps declining, knowledge and interest in leprosy is also declining. Although some countries (i.e. Spain and the USA) maintain excellent teaching centres and run training courses regularly, there is a lack of teaching and educational reference facilities in many countries. For medical personnel, there is a need for courses (which could be of short duration) on basic leprosy, together with refresher courses (e.g. on chemotherapy), and these should involve doctors working in internal medicine, dermatology, neurology, ophthalmology and orthopaedics. For para-medical personnel, the emphasis should be on the recognition of leprosy and referral to an expert for confirmation of diagnosis, and treatment. The principle of Primary Health Care has been accepted by most countries of the world, including Europe, and attention should be given to the inclusion of information on leprosy in the training of PHC workers. The training or education of the public should include the use of television and radio. The curricula for students in schools of medicine should have an appropriate teaching module on leprosy; if the magnitude of the leprosy problem in a given country justifies it, there should be a question on leprosy in final examinations. In every country where leprosy is still a problem, there should be at least one centre of excellence where slit-skin smears can be examined and reported on and a histopathology service is available
PY - 1983
SP - 197 
EP -  198
T2 - Quaderni di Cooperazione Sanitaria
TI - Report of the sub-group on training
UR - http://www.scopus.com/scopus/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0020913168&partnerID=40&rel=R6.0.0
VL - NO. 1
ER -