TY - JOUR
KW - Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/organization & administration
KW - Education, Medical, Continuing
KW - Health Plan Implementation
KW - Humans
KW - Mental Health
KW - Mental Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Psychiatry/education
KW - Saudi Arabia
AU - N. A. Qureshi
AU - Y. S. Al-Ghamdy
AU - N. S. Al-Haddad
AU - M. H. Abdelgadir
AU - M. H. Tawfik
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVE: The authors mainly focus on the initial observations of the implementation phase of a health project that aims to integrate mental health into primary care. METHODS: In the light of specific aims and objectives of both planning and curriculum development phases, 2- weeks of intensive psychiatric training consisting of basic theoretical and clinical concepts of psychiatry was imparted to a group of general practitioners and paramedical staff. In addition to assessing their pre-and post-training knowledge, attitude, and practice toward psychiatry, 2 internal Consultant Psychiatrists and participants evaluated the training course providing appropriate feedback to the organizers and trainers for modifying several adopted training methods, as well as a curriculum for subsequent courses. RESULTS: The 2-week psychiatric training of the medical personnel resulted in identifying several pros and cons of implementing this project at primary health care centers. Additionally, the immediate and the post-training evaluations of trainees by numerous methods were characterized by favourable changes in their attitude, knowledge and enhanced motivation to practice psychiatry at primary health care centers. CONCLUSION: The implementation of this project by training the first 3 groups of health personnel was successful, as evidenced both by the healthy encouraging comments of the evaluators and the post-training favourable positive responses of the trainees. The incorporation of mental health into primary care by offering condensed psychiatric courses to general practitioners should be the top training agenda as it is in line with the World Health Organization recommendations.
BT - Saudi medical journal
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 10
CY - Saudi Arabia
IS - 10
JF - Saudi medical journal
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The authors mainly focus on the initial observations of the implementation phase of a health project that aims to integrate mental health into primary care. METHODS: In the light of specific aims and objectives of both planning and curriculum development phases, 2- weeks of intensive psychiatric training consisting of basic theoretical and clinical concepts of psychiatry was imparted to a group of general practitioners and paramedical staff. In addition to assessing their pre-and post-training knowledge, attitude, and practice toward psychiatry, 2 internal Consultant Psychiatrists and participants evaluated the training course providing appropriate feedback to the organizers and trainers for modifying several adopted training methods, as well as a curriculum for subsequent courses. RESULTS: The 2-week psychiatric training of the medical personnel resulted in identifying several pros and cons of implementing this project at primary health care centers. Additionally, the immediate and the post-training evaluations of trainees by numerous methods were characterized by favourable changes in their attitude, knowledge and enhanced motivation to practice psychiatry at primary health care centers. CONCLUSION: The implementation of this project by training the first 3 groups of health personnel was successful, as evidenced both by the healthy encouraging comments of the evaluators and the post-training favourable positive responses of the trainees. The incorporation of mental health into primary care by offering condensed psychiatric courses to general practitioners should be the top training agenda as it is in line with the World Health Organization recommendations.
PP - Saudi Arabia
PY - 2001
SN - 0379-5284; 0379-5284
SP - 899
EP - 906
EP - 
T1 - Integration of mental health care into primary care. Preliminary observations of continuing implementation phase
T2 - Saudi medical journal
TI - Integration of mental health care into primary care. Preliminary observations of continuing implementation phase
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 11744951
VL - 22
VO - 0379-5284; 0379-5284
Y1 - 2001
ER -