Postgraduate Training Network for Research in Reproductive Health
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Postgraduate Research Training in Reproductive Health

Faculty of Medicine, University of Yaounde

24 may – 16 July 2004

Course Report

organised by

The Coordinator of Specialization Cycle in Gynaecology and Obstetrics,
Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I
The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER)
The UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme for Research in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, Family and Community Health Cluster World Health Organization (WHO/RHR)
The International Association of Maternal and Neonatal Health (IAMANEH)

in collaboration with

The Department of Health of the Canton of Geneva
The Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University and
The Geneva Medical Association

Participants

There were 22 participants all from the Cycle of specialisation in Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Faculty of Medicine of Yaounde I, attending the Postgraduate Research Training on Reproductive Health in Yaounde Faculty of Medicine (see List of participants).

Course layout

The programme was structured as a 2 week course on genetics and research methodology and a 4 week  course on reproductive health. The long distance learning course could not be realised because of difficulty with internet connexion . Lectures planned to be given by teleconference were delivered by local lecturers.

Lectures

The Research Methodology course was structured around the following topics: evidence based reproductive health practice, types of epidemiological study, community interventions, methodological issues on the use of anthropometry for evaluation of nutritional status and on the measures of maternal morbidity/mortality, strategies for data analysis of different types of epidemiological study, systematic review, critical appraisal of research reports, ethical aspects in research, and economic and program evaluation. The Reproductive Health course was structured in eight modules, including: basic pathophysiological principles, genetics, family planning, infertility, gynaecological endocrinology, genital infections/sexually transmitted infections, cancers, and obstetrics. The lecture schedule can be seen in Lecture plan.
The 29 speakers were in the majority staff from Faculty of Medicine (17), 6 of these were from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The 12 others, specialists working in Yaounde, Douala or Maroua Provincial hospitals were Obstetrician/Gynaecologists (9), Dermatologists (1), Pathologists (1), Nuclear specialists (1): the majority of them were former participants of the Geneva Reproductive Health course (see List of speakers).

Attendance to lectures

It was very satisfactory. Each of the participants was present regularly for all the duration of the course.

Facilities

Throughout the course, all students had access to the computers in the Library of the Faculty of Medicine. Access to internet was not regular, but enabled them to conduct the literature search, bibliographic review and paper preparation. Basic training on the use of internet, Medline and PowerPoint was provided.

Exams

In order to obtain the certificates, participants had to fulfil two requirements:

• a bibliographic review on a topic of their interests, under the supervision of a tutor, including a 15 minutes’ oral presentation (15-16 July 2004).

• a multiple choice test (60 questions) (09 July 2004)

All the participants attended the exams (MCQ and Oral presentations).

Accommodation

Facilities as breakfast and lunch were offered to all the participants for the duration of the courses..
A bus was rented  for the transportation of all the participants for the visits of the UN  offices in Yaounde (WHO, UNFPA, World Bank, PNUD) and the Centre Pasteur Pathology laboratory.

Funding

Funding was provided by:

• The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER)
• The Faculty of Medicine, Geneva
• The Geneva University Teaching Hospital (HUG)

List of participants

List of speakers

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Edited by Aldo Campana,