Open AccessAN EFFORT T O REDUCE DISABILITYIN REMOTE DISTRICTS OF NEPAL, A PERSONALEXPERIENCE
Author(s) -
Govinda Kc
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.725
Subject(s) - medicine , health worker , test (biology) , health education , nursing , medical education , health services , environmental health , public health , population , paleontology , biology
With the sole objective of preventing and reducing the incidence of disability in remotedistricts of Nepal resulting from lack of proper treatment due to lack of skill andknowledge in trauma and orthopaedic in the part of treating health workers, altogether,25 workshops were conducted in 18 remote districts to educate the doctors and healthworkers working in those districts. Till date 437 different level health workersunderwent basic training in this field. Workshops were conducted in district healthoffice, and health workers from health post and sub health posts were the participants.Slides, transparencies, handouts, lectures, demonstration, splints, Plaster of Paris (POP)etc had been the backbone of the teaching.Written pre and post workshop test were taken and evaluation on practical knowledgewere conducted at the end of each workshop. Time constraints, accessibility,communication and financial aspect had been the challenges for successful conductionof the workshop.Key Words: Remote Districts, Disability, Trauma, Health Workers.