EFFECTIVENESS OF MODULAR TEACHING IN TRAINING MEDICAL OFFICERS ON DOTS PLUS IN CUDDALORE DISTRICT

  • Dr K. Devi Associate Professor, Department of Community medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, India
  • Dr S. Karunakaran Programe officer and Deputy Director of Medical Sciences (TB), District Tuberculosis Center Cuddalore district, India
Keywords: Modular teaching, DOTS Plus, training, medical officers, evaluation, pretest, post test

Abstract

Research question: Whether modular teaching can serve as an effective method to train medical officers in DOTS Plus.

Methods: Cross sectional study was undertaken among 31 medical officers in Cuddalore district. Modular method of teaching was used to train medical officers on DOTS Plus by experts trained in Management of MDR Tuberculosis. Pretest and post test was conducted to evaluate their performance and in addition feedback was elicited.

Results: The overall performance was encouraging as there was significant difference between the pretest and posttest scores and percentages (p-value<0.05).

Conclusion: Modular teaching was sucessfully used to train medical officers in DOTS Plus in Cuddalore district

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Dr K. Devi, Dr S. Karunakaran. EFFECTIVENESS OF MODULAR TEACHING IN TRAINING MEDICAL OFFICERS ON DOTS PLUS IN CUDDALORE DISTRICT. Med. res. chronicles [Internet]. 2016Aug.31 [cited 2024Dec.22];3(04):352-6. Available from: https://medrech.com/index.php/medrech/article/view/186
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