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Background: Globally, human resources for health are being optimized to address the increasing health burden and concomitant increased demands on health professionals. These demands are even more exacting in Sub-Saharan Africa considering the shortage of health care workers, especially physicians. The noteworthy efforts at deploying task-shifting to address this situation not-withstanding, the situation also signals the need to re-define the objectives of medical instruction to ensure effective and contemporary medical practice in a mostly physician-led health workforce across the sub-continent. In this regard, medical and dental graduates must be educated to perform certain minimum essential professional duties competently. Essential Professional Duties are locally relevant professional activities of international standard that represent identifiable outcomes against which the effectiveness of physicians in a specific community can be measured to ensure social accountability.
Procedure and product: The Association of Medical Schools of Africa has developed the 'Essential Professional Duties for sub-Saharan medical and dental graduates' to ensure these physicians provide safe and effective contemporary medical/dental practice on the sub-continent. The duties have been grouped into those required for basic patient care, basic administrative skills, basic emergency care, communication, inter-professional relationships, self-directed learning and social responsibilities. Their relevance and suitability have been evaluated prior to their adoption by the Association.
Conclusion: These Essential Physician Duties have been developed to serve as targets for health professionals training instruments and thus give direction to health system strategies. It is hoped that they will be adopted by medical and dental schools across sub-Saharan Africa.
Keywords: Burden, concomitant, task-shifting, responsibility, Sub-Sahara
Résumé
Contexte : Mondialement, les ressources humaines pour la santé sont optimisées pour répondre à l'augmentant
chargede santé etconcomitantes augmentation des demandes sur les agents de santé. Ces besoins sont encore plus
exigeants en Afrique sub-saharienne compte tenu de la pénurie des agents de santé, en particulier les médecins. Les efforts notables à déployer
le transfert des tâches pour remédier à cette situation sans tenir tête à la situation signale également la nécessité de redéfinir les objectifs de
l'enseignement médical pour assurer la pratique médicale efficace et contemporaine dans une main-d'œuvre de la santé pour la plupart dirigées
par des médecins à travers le sous- continent. À cet égard, les diplômés médicaux et dentaires doivent être éduqués à exercer certaines
fonctions professionnelles essentielles minimales avec compétence. Les devoirs professionnels essentiels sont les activités
professionnelles,localement convenable, des normes internationales qui représentent des résultats identifiables contre
lesquels l'efficacité des médecins dans une communauté spécifique peut être mesurée pour assurer la responsabilité
sociale.
Procédure et produit : L'Association des Facultés de Médecine de l'Afrique a développé 'Devoirs Professionnels
Essentiels pour les Diplômés Médicaux et Dentaires sub-Saharien" pour assurer que ces médecins fournissent la
pratique médicale / dentaire sûre et efficace contemporaine dans le sous-continent. Les obligations ont été regroupéesen celles requises
pour les soins de base aux patients, les compétences administratives de base, les soins de base en cas d'urgence, la communication, les relations
interprofessionnelles, l'apprentissage autodirigée et les responsabilités sociales. Leur pertinence et convenance ont été évaluées avant leur
adoption par l'Association.
Conclusion; Ces devoirsessentiels du médecin ont été mis au point pour servir de cibles comme instruments de formation pour les spécialistes de la santé et donc donner une orientation aux stratégies du système de santé. On espère qu'ils seront adoptés par les écoles de médecine et de soins dentaires à travers l'Afrique subsaharienne.
Mots-clés: Charge concomitante, echange de tache, responsibilite, Sub-Sahara
Correspondence: E. Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria and Executive Secretary, Association of Medical Schools of Africa. E-mail: okeoffa@gmail.com
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