Training  the  primary health  care team

Dr MR de Villiers; Mr B Asia; Ms Y Dreyer; Mrs HE Koornhof; Mrs  S Statham

Training the primary health care team

Dr MR de Villiers
Mr B Asia
Ms Y Dreyer
Mrs HE Koornhof
Mrs S Statham

Keywords: Physicians, family, Health care reform, Team care, Community health centre, Health Plan implementation, Interprofessional relations, Education, medical, Health professions, Community participation.

Abstract

Health care reform and the needs of communities are forcing essential changes in the education of health personnel. Community -based training and, multi,-disciplinary education are strategies for training institutions to respond to this challenge. Furthermore, the health team concept as part of the comprehensive primary health care approach, need,s to be reinforced.

Author Biographies

Dr MR de Villiers

MBChB, MFamMed (Stellenbosch).

Mr B Asia

Dip Gen Nursing, BA Cur.

Ms Y Dreyer

BSc (Occupational Therapy) University of the Western Cape,

Mrs HE Koornhof

BSc (Stellenbosch), Diploma in Hospital Dietetics.

Mrs S Statham

BSc (Physiothrapy) Witwatersrand.

Issue

Vol 17 No 3 (1996)

Section

Original Research

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