Medical Officer of Health, Ragama
Learning outcomes
At the end of the visit, the student will be expected to:
- Describe the organisational structure of a MOH area and the method of primary health care delivery
- Describe the role of a MOH as a public health manager, community leader and a public health service provider
- Demonstrate an understanding of the utilization of data for planning primary health care services
- Describe the supervisory role of the MOH and methods employed to evaluate field staff
- Organizational structure of the MOH area
- Demographic characteristics of the MOH area
- Public health problems in the area
- Health facilities in the area
- Other sectors important for delivery of primary health care
- Duties of an MOH
- Maternal and child health services
- EPI programme, maintenance of cold chain for vaccines, open vial policy and adverse effects following immunization (AEFI)
- Investigation of notifiable diseases
- Growth monitoring programme
- Well Woman Clinic programme and Family Planning services
- School health services
- Registers and records maintained by the MOH and the returns prepared
- Dissemination of data generated at divisional level
- Mechanisms for supervision and evaluation of field staff
- Planning of primary health care services
Content areas
RECOMMENDED READING MATERIAL
- Duty list of MOH
- Ministry of Health Circular on maintenance of an MOH office, Circular no. 110.
St JOSEPH'S SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, RAGAMA
Learning outcomes
At the end of the visit, the student will be expected to:
- Describe the organisational structure of the school
- Describe the services available for children with speech and hearing impairment
- Describe the services provided to the children
- Describe the special training and equipment required to provide these services
- Describe the procedure of referring a child with speech and hearing impairment
- Critically evaluate the services provided and suggest methods to improve them
- Demonstrate an understanding of the need for providing special services to target populations
Content areas
- Organisational structure of the school
- Objectives of programmes conducted by the school
- Services provided and resource requirements
- Referral and follow up
- Constraints and limitations of the programme
INFECTION CONTROL UNIT, CNTH, RAGAMA
Introduction
Learning outcomes
At the end of the visit, the student will be expected to:
- Describe the role of the infection control unit in the hospital in the notification process and the control of communicable diseases
- Describe the role of the infection control unit in preventing hospital acquired infections and training of staff in infectious disease control
- Describe the role of the infection control unit in health promotion and education
- Describe the role of the hospital PHI and infection control nurses in providing primary health care services
- Describe the notification process in the hospital setting
- Describe the procedures of clinical waste disposal
- Critically evaluate the services provided and suggest methods to improve them
Content areas
- Organisational structure of the Infection Control Unit in the hospital
- Duties of staff of the infection control unit
- Services provided by the infection control unit
- Notification process in the hospital
- Clinical waste disposal
- Control of hospital acquired infections and infectious diseases in the hospital
- Training of personnel in infectious disease control
RECOMMENDED READING MATERIAL
FACTORY VISIT
Learning outcomes
At the end of the visit, the student will be expected to:
- Conduct a walk through survey
- Identify the occupational hazards in the factory visited
- Describe health, safety and welfare measures implemented in the factory visited and critically review these measures
- Describe the notification process for occupational accidents and registers maintained to document occupational accidents
- Describe the procedures available for compensation of workers
- Make recommendations to improve occupational health in the factory visited
- Conduct a health promotion programme among the workers
- Describe the role of occupational health services in the provision of primary health care
Content areas
- Organisation of the factory and the workforce
- Materials used and the articles produced
- Health hazards related to the materials, the process and the setting
- Health problems of the workforce
- Health, safety and welfare measures already in place
- Notification of occupational accidents and registers maintained
- Benefits for workers including compensation
- Recommendations for improving occupational health
- Learning activity: Provide health promotion to factory workers
RECOMMENDED READING MATERIAL
- Herath HMSSD 1990, 'Occupational health : An Introductory Course for Healthcare Workers', pp 59-64, 85 – 95and122-130 , Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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