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| Title |
Working toward decreasing infant mortality in developing countries through change in the medical curriculum
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Asia Pacific Family Medicine, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1447-056x-10-11 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Iffat F Zaman, Ayesha Rauf |
| Abstract |
High infant and maternal mortality rates are one of the biggest health issues in Pakistan. Although these rates are given high priority at the national level (Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, respectively), there has been no significant decrease in them so far. We hypothesize that this lack of success is because the undergraduate curriculum in Pakistan does not match local needs. Currently, the Pakistani medical curriculum deals with issues in maternal and child morbidity and mortality according to Western textbooks. Moreover, these are taught disjointedly through various departments. We undertook curriculum revision to sensitize medical students to maternal and infant mortality issues important in the Pakistani context and educate them about ways to reduce the same through an integrated teaching approach. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 59 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 13 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 18% |
| Researcher | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 10% |
| Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 13% |
| Unknown | 13 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 38% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 7% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 5% |
| Psychology | 3 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 13% |
| Unknown | 16 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
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