Department of Community and Public Health, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda
Research Article
The Successful Implementation of Community Based Education and Research Services Programme at a Rural Health Sciences Faculty in Uganda: Case of Busitema University
Author(s): Rebecca Nekaka, Paul Oboth, Yahaya Gavamukulya, Lydia Ssenyonga, Julius Nteziyaremye*, Joseph Mpagi Luwaga, Jacob Iramiot Stanley, Julius Wandabwa and Paul Waako
Background: Despite health being a fundamental human right, health inequality continues to be a challenge to many societies and is a threat to sustainable development. One major contributing factor is lack of human resource for health especially in rural and remote areas. One of the interventions to reduce this burden is medical education training that includes innovations that take the health worker closer to the environment and community he/she is likely to serve. In order ring this to a reality, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences (BUFHS) undergraduate courses were designed with a strong Community-Based Education, Research and Services (COBERS) program since its inception in 2013. Included along were Inter-Professional Education (IPE) approach and research education. IPE as a new innovation in the COBERS, was innovated with a target to create different professionals of h.. View More»
