"우리는 그들로부터 배우고, 그들은 우리에게 배운다." 국제보건의 경험과 방문교수에 대한 주최국의 인식

“We Learn From Them, They Learn From Us”: Global Health Experiences and Host Perceptions of Visiting Health Care Professionals

Christian Kraeker, MD, FRCPC, MSc, DTM&H, and Clare Chandler, MSc, PhD



목적 : 선진국(developed countries)의 보건의료 전문직이 개발도상지역에 방문하여 가르치거나 교육을 하는 사례가 많아지고 있다. 이 프로젝트는 개발도상지역의 보건의료 전문직이 그 지역에 교육을 하기 위해서 방문한 사람들에 대한 인식을 조사하기 위해서 수행되었다.


방법 : 2011년 7월, Namibia 의과대학의 9명의 보건의료 전문직과 반구조화(semistructured)된 면접을 하였다. 혜택(benefits), 피해(harms), 윤리적 인상(ethical impressions)등에 관한 질문을 하였다. 인터뷰는 녹화되고 녹취록을 작성하여 inductive, iterative approach로 질적 분석을 수행하였다.


결과 : 인터뷰를 분석한 결과 세 가지 주된 주제가 확인되었다. (1)문화, 맥락(context), 그리고 관심(concern), (2)기대, 의도, 의사소통의 문제 (3)파트너쉽, 지식을 공유하고 얻으려는 열망


결론 : 인터뷰 참가자들의 말에 따르면 장기적으로 지속가능한 관계를 맺고 적절한 태도를 갖추기 위해서는 문화와 환경적 맥락에 대한 정보를 사전에 파악하여 수요조사(needs assessment)를 방문 전에 실시하는 것이 반드시 필요했다. 이러한 것들은 국제적 교육 협력이 상호간 모두 이익이 되려면 어떻게 만들어져야 하는지에 대한 귀중한 통찰을 제시해준다.





Analysis


The interviews were transcribed by one of the authors (C.K.), and we analyzed the data using an inductive, iterative approach, as described by Auerbach and Silverstein.10 


This method is designed to allow the researcher to generate hypotheses from the data rather than to impose existing theories. The principal investigator (C.K.) repeatedly read the interview transcripts and coded them by hand for relevant text and repeating ideas, grouping these into themes that represented narratives shared by groups of participants. The coinvestigator (C.C.) verified the coding and themes and had no disagreements with the initial classifications. In the last interviews, few new ideas or themes relevant to the research questions were apparent, and no more interviews were carried out.




 2013 Apr;88(4):483-7. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182857b8a.

"We learn from them, they learn from us": global health experiences and host perceptions of visiting health careprofessionals.

Source

Department of Internal Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. kraeker@mcmaster.ca

Abstract

PURPOSE:

It is increasingly common for health care professionals from developed countries to travel to developing regions of the world to learn or teach. This project aimed to describe the perceptions held by health care professionals in a developing region toward those who visit their communities to learn or teach.

METHOD:

Semistructured interviews were conducted in July, 2011, with nine health care professionals from the University of Namibia School of Medicine. Questions revolved around participants' perceptions of benefits, harms, and ethical impressions of a health care professional visiting from a developed country. Interviews were tape-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed qualitatively using an inductive, iterative approach.

RESULTS:

The interview analysis identified three main narratives that shaped participant perceptions of visits: (1) culture, context, and concern, (2) expectations, intentions, and miscommunications, and (3) partnership and the desire to share and gain knowledge.

CONCLUSIONS:

Participants' comments supported actively seeking out information regarding cultural and environmental context before visiting, completing a needs assessment to ensure that activities are needed and relevant, attempting to formulate long-term sustainable relationships, and traveling with the appropriate attitude. These themes provide valuable insight into how international educational collaborations can be created in order to be mutually beneficial.

PMID:

 

23425985

 

[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]





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