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HEALTH EDUCATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN PROVIDED BY MEDICAL STUDENTS

Purpose The aim of The Course is to give insight on health care system and epidemiological and socio-medical determinants of health. Background The Community Health Course is a part of Curriculum University of Zagreb School of Medicine since 1952. One of obligatory activities on The Course is health education of school children. Material and methods The Course practical has been performed in Požega County which has 27042 pupils in 14 main elementary schools and 1383 pupils are dispersed in 20 dislocated schools in small villages. Students learn how to teach teaching and develop communication skills, by performing the usual activities of local school medicine service. This is also help for local health service because of small numbers of school medicine teams which take care of large number of school children. Results “Puberty” is a teaching unit routinely taught every year. Students prepare the class under the supervision of course tutors and lecture by themselves. At the end of The Course students are required to fulfill evaluation questionnaire about performed activities (community nurses, family medicine, health education in schools, …) using grades from “1-bad” to “5-excellent.” Course evaluation by 224 student’s right after the course and 192 of the same generation of students 2 years later showed that health education of elementary school children is among the best evaluated activities, with average grades of 4.85 and 4.36. Conclusion The community health course is commonly one of the best evaluated courses at School of Medicine in Zagreb, with health education recognized as valuable part of medical program. “…the preparations I made for lecturing school children I took seriously, because our task as doctors is not only to cure but also to educate people”. “…(.the lecture was the best and the most educational part of the practice.”) “…applause after the lecture – priceless!” (Students, 2008).

medical students; health education

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