Medical Education Partnership Initiative in Nigeria

描述（由申请人提供）：在尼日利亚（MEPIN）的NIH医学教育伙伴关系倡议提供了一个机会，以解决尼日利亚教育机构今天面临的许多挑战，其总体目标是改善和加强该国的医学教育系统。通过PEPFAR计划提供的现有人力、物力和基础设施资源以及合作伙伴中的两个Fogarty AITRP提供的研究技能，MEPIN将提高学生和医学毕业生的知识和技能，以有效满足和维持尼日利亚的具体保健需求。伊巴丹大学是领先的医学院，合作伙伴包括：乔斯大学、尼日利亚大学、迈杜古里大学、艾哈迈杜贝洛大学、拉各斯大学、艾滋病预防倡议尼日利亚有限公司、西北大学和哈佛公共卫生学院。组成MEPIN联合会的所有机构都是哈佛总统艾滋病紧急救援计划的长期发展伙伴。该提案的具体目标是：1）对现有医学教育计划进行循证修订、更新和重组，包括：MBBS [等同于MD]、牙科手术、护理、药学和基础医学实验室科学学士学位; 2）以医学预科、护理和健康专业学生为榜样，为年轻人制定健康问题培训计划; 3）为研究生和教师制定具体的指导，技能建设和继续医学教育计划; 4）通过实施定向职业导向计划，提高研究生和教师的多学科研究能力; 5）创建MEPIN研究奖学金计划。这些为研究生和教职员工提供培训和职业发展机会的新模式将为促进当地驱动的研究创造有利环境。这些项目一旦实施，将可持续地增加招聘和留住训练有素的卫生专业人员和学术人员的人数，增加开始地方实践、成为学术人员和/或开展与实施PEPFAR和尼日利亚其他公共卫生优先事项有关的研究的医科学生人数。 公共卫生相关性：尼日利亚医学教育系统面临着许多挑战，包括基础设施老化，优先事项错位和资源不足。大多数医学毕业生无法将其基础科学知识充分转化为预防疾病的公共卫生方法。学生和教师缺乏研究能力，MEPIN的建议旨在直接解决这些缺陷。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The NIH Medical Education Partnership Initiative in Nigeria (MEPIN) provides an opportunity to address many of the challenges facing the Nigerian education institutions today with the overall goal of improving and Strengthening the medical education system in the country. With the existing human, material and infrastructural resources already provided through the PEPFAR program and the research skills provided by 2 of the partners' Fogarty AITRPs, the MEPIN will enhance the knowledge and skills of students and medical graduates to effectively meet and sustain the specific health care needs of Nigeria. The University of Ibadan is the lead medical school with partners including: University of Jos, University of Nigeria, University of Maiduguri, Ahmadu Bello University, University of Lagos, the AIDS Prevention Initiative Nigeria Ltd, Northwestern University and the Harvard School of Public Health. All institutions making up the MEPIN consortium have been long-term development partners in the Harvard PEPFAR program. The specific aims of the proposal are: 1) Evidence based revision, updating and re-structuring of the current medical education program including: MBBS [MD equivalent], Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Nursing, Pharmacy and Basic Medical Laboratory Sciences; 2) Develop a health issues training program for young adults using pre-medical, nursing and health professional students as a model; 3) Develop specific mentoring, skill-building, and continuing medical education programs for post-graduate students and faculty; 4) Enhance the multi- disciplinary research capacity for post graduate students and faculty by implementing directed career- oriented programs; 5) Create MEPIN Research Fellowship programs. These new models for training and career development opportunities for post graduates and faculty will create an enabling environment to promote locally driven research. Once implemented, they will demonstrate a sustainable increase in the recruitment and retention of trained health professionals and academic faculty, increase the number of medical students who begin local practice, become members of academic faculty, and/or conduct research related to the implementation of PEPFAR and other public health priorities in Nigeria. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Nigerian medical education system faces many challenges including a decayed infrastructure, misplaced priorities, and inadequate resources. The majority of medical graduates are unable to adequately translate their knowledge of basic sciences to public health approaches to disease prevention. There is a dearth of research capacity for students and faculty, this MEPIN proposal seeks to address these deficiencies directly.