PMID- 20589607
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110106
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1469-5804 (Electronic)
IS  - 1357-6283 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 1
DP  - 2010 Apr
TI  - An evaluation of ROME Camp: forgotten innovation in medical education.
PG  - 363
AB  - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS), 
      Sewagram, India's first rural medical institute, has been implementing its 
      community-based public health teaching with the aim of building a physician 
      workforce for the rural poor. For the past four decades, the MGIMS has organized 
      and run the Re-orientation of Medical Education (ROME) camp for final year 
      medical undergraduates at one of the rural centres of the department of Community 
      Medicine. The objectives of the present study were to learn students' perceptions 
      of the value and effectiveness of various components of the ROME camp and learn 
      the factors they perceive facilitate and inhibit learning. METHODS: A 
      mixed-method research design of quantitative (survey) and qualitative (force 
      field analysis) methods was used. The study participants were all 61 of the final 
      year medical undergraduates participating in the ROME camp in 2008. The 
      quantitative data was analyzed using SPSS software package and summative content 
      analysis of the qualitative data was undertaken. RESULTS: Students were generally 
      very positive about all aspects of the camp and its component parts. The greatest 
      consensus (88.9%, on a 0 to 100% scale) was for the contribution to student 
      learning of the visit to the Primary health centre and Sub-centre, as offering 
      direct exposure and interaction with the village-level service providers. There 
      was poorer consensus for students' involvement with the field-based clinics, as 
      this was felt by some not to contribute significantly to their understanding of 
      socio-economic and environmental factors related to cases (78.8%) and their 
      ability to diagnose health problems in resource poor settings (76.5%). The major 
      strength of the camp was felt to be its exposure visits and hands-on experiences 
      in surveys and interaction with village-level health care providers. Students 
      reported poor interactions with teachers in some educational sessions, including 
      the field-based clinics and classes on theories of national health programs. 
      CONCLUSIONS: The curriculum of the ROME camp was generally well regarded by 
      students, but based on their views it should emphasize interactive theory 
      sessions. The ROME scheme can be revitalized in all medical colleges as it is an 
      effective practical approach for teaching public health principles and practice 
      to medical students.
FAU - Dongre, A R
AU  - Dongre AR
AD  - Dr Sushila Nayar School of Public Health, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical 
      Sciences, Sewagram, Wardha, India. dramol_d@yahoo.com
FAU - Deshmukh, P R
AU  - Deshmukh PR
FAU - Gupta, S S
AU  - Gupta SS
FAU - Garg, B S
AU  - Garg BS
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20100421
PL  - India
TA  - Educ Health (Abingdon)
JT  - Education for health (Abingdon, England)
JID - 9607101
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - *Curriculum
MH  - Data Collection
MH  - *Diffusion of Innovation
MH  - Education, Medical, Undergraduate/*methods
MH  - Education, Public Health Professional/*methods
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - India
MH  - Learning
MH  - Male
MH  - Perception
MH  - Qualitative Research
MH  - Rural Health Services/organization & administration
MH  - *Schools, Medical
MH  - Students, Medical/psychology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Teaching
EDAT- 2010/07/01 06:00
MHDA- 2011/01/07 06:00
CRDT- 2010/07/01 06:00
PHST- 2010/07/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/07/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/01/07 06:00 [medline]
AID - 363 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Educ Health (Abingdon). 2010 Apr;23(1):363. Epub 2010 Apr 21.