WORKSHOP ON CLINICAL INTERNSHIPS (PLACEMENTS OR PRACTICUM)
By - Dr Manjo Matilda: Regional Delegate of Public Health, North West
-
Dr Mfonfu Daniel: Consultant for the Workshop
The workshop was organized
for managers of training schools for health personnel and laboratory sciences,
and managers of practicum sites in the North WestRegion.
Context
§ Numerous training schools for health personnel
§ Poor identification of stakeholders
§ Overcrowding of Health facilities by students on
internship
§ Problems faced with management of these students
§ Incoherent content and tools
§ Some students on internship do not have written
objectives
§ Poor quality of health care offered
General objective
To improve on the management
of field experience of students in our region
Specific objectives
Ø To ensure better prospection for clinical experience
Ø To ensure administrative procedure are clarified
Ø To ensure students are well oriented for field
experience
Ø To ensure better in-service placement of student
Ø To ensure effective monitoring and supervision of
students
Ø To elaborate internship tools
Ø To ensure proper reporting and feedback at all the
levels
Ø To come up with resolutions binding to all
Implementation of workshop
The workshop was coordinated
by the North West Regional Delegate for Public Health, Dr Manjo Matilda. It
took place in the conference hall of the North West Special Fund for Health
Promotion, at Bamenda on 15 November 2016, starting at 08:30. She highlighted
the reasons and objectives of the workshop. The workshop ended at 16:30. Dr
Mfonfu Daniel was recruited as a consultant for the workshop.
Method:
Relevant topics were
presented by facilitators, discussed and adopted to ensure that internships are
harmonized and well-coordinated for the efficient training of health personnel
Dr Mfonfu Danielpresented
the Generalities on Internship with emphasis on the tools used during
internships.
Mme
NCHIFOR MARY, TSSI,BNS,MPH, presented a paper on
Administrative Procedures for Practicum
Mrs Njini Rose, (SRN, TSSI, PGD,
MBA ;HlthMgt), General Supervisor; Regional Hospital Bamenda,made a
presentation on In service placement and effective monitoring and Supervision
of Students
Lange Innocent, (BNS, MPH),
presented an article on the Orientation of students for practical experience.
EVALUATION OF
WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION AND FACILITATION
STRENGTHS
Ø
Invitations distributed in due time as
such 90% of the Training Schools administrators and Health Facility Managers
were in attendance.
Ø
Time to a greater extent was respected
especially the presentations from the Facilitators as well as the
comments/remarks and discussion.
Ø
Active participation of members in the
deliberations.
Ø
Well organized including the Venue and
the refreshments.
Ø
The deliberations of the workshop were
bunt on CDs and distributed to the institutions
WEAKNESSES
·
Invitations did not contain the venue as
well as the agenda.
·
Not all the Training Schools approved by
the Ministry of Higher Education were invited for the Workshop, notably; CATUC
Bamenda, Cameroon Christian University Bamenda, TANIFORM University Bamenda.
RECOMMENDATIONS
·
Next time invitations should be more
specific including the Venue and the Agenda attached so that each invitee know
ahead of time what to prepare.
·
This particular Venue should be
maintained for subsequent workshops with these same standards of organization.
·
After this workshop all the stakeholders
should work in synergy to make sure that all their students come out well
trained as per the stipulated norms.
INTERNET
PUBLICATION
This internet publication involves the internship
tools presented by Dr Mfonfu Daniel because some of them have been improved
upon, paper on Administrative Procedures
for Practicumby
Mme Nchifor Mary, and a presentation on in-service placement and effective
monitoring and Supervision of Studentsby Mrs Njini Rose. Wewant to provide these internship tools
to nursing training schools beyond the North West Region and improve the
quality of internshipscarried by student nurses.
The health internship is an important experience
that allows students to Integrate knowledge and skills developed in the
classroom to apply them in a professional health setting.
TYPES OF
INTERNSHIP
LEVEL-one
internships :( Second semester of year one)
a) Level-one clinical internship
b) Level-one laboratory internship
Level
– two internships (First Semester)
a) Level-two clinical internship
b) level-two laboratory internship
Level
– two internships (Second Semester)
a) Level-two
clinical internship
b) level-two
laboratory internship
c) Community health internship
Level-three
internship
v
Case study
internship – Case study report
Requirementsfor
all these internships
ü Written
objectives for each internship to be taken by students to the field
ü Format for writing of the report of each
internship
ü Written
guide for assessing students by health facilities
ü Software
for community health internship (environmental sanitation and evaluation of
vaccination coverage in children 0-23 months).
Standardizing internship tools enhances uniformity
in health promotion, increases the intensity of communication of health facts
to the population and prevents unnecessary destructive competition.
A written document of internship objectives will
oblige students to work within the frame work of these objectives. These tools
will enable us to eventually harmonize nursing procedures
in the Region.
Click on the appropriate Tools and Presentations below:
16. Assessment of Students Community Internship
PowerPoint Presentations
17. PROSPECTION
18. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
19. IN-SERVICE PLACEMENT
20. ORIENTATION OF STUDENTS FOR CLINICAL INTERNSHIP
PDF Files
17. PROSPECTION
18. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
19. IN-SERVICE PLACEMENT
20. ORIENTATION OF STUDENTS FOR CLINICAL INTERNSHIP
PowerPoint Presentations
17. PROSPECTION
18. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
19. IN-SERVICE PLACEMENT
20. ORIENTATION OF STUDENTS FOR CLINICAL INTERNSHIP
PDF Files
17. PROSPECTION
18. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
19. IN-SERVICE PLACEMENT
20. ORIENTATION OF STUDENTS FOR CLINICAL INTERNSHIP
