Medical Education: Teaching Medical Students about Diarrhoeal Diseases
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Preface
"Readings on Diarrhoea" is intended for medical students, especially
during their clinical training in pediatrics. It will also be useful for
physicians participating in training courses on the management of diarrhoea in
children. The materials in this book are compatible with other WHO publications
on the management and prevention of diarrhoea. Units that concern the management
of children with diarrhoea are based on the WHO treatment chart "Management of
the Patient with Diarrhoea" (1990). Portions of that chart are reproduced at
appropriate places in this text.
"Readings on Diarrhoea" may be used as a source of practical
information and as a manual of treatment guidelines. It will be more effective,
however, if used in combination with organized teaching activities on diarrhoeal
diseases, such as lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and supervised practice
in treating cases. Readers are urged to check their understanding of the
material by answering the questions that follow each unit. A companion book
"References on Diarrhoea" contains related background articles that
summarize current research and provide additional information on most topics
covered in this text. This is made available to medical school libraries and
other institutions conducting training in diarrhoea case management. An
"Instructor's Manual" is available which provides guidance for medical
faculty and other teachers about how the material in each unit of the text may
be most effectively taught.
There are eight units to the training program:
The complete set of these materials,
including tables and diagrams can be ordered from CDH.
