Developing a multidisciplinary curriculum and consultation

1
Developing a multidisciplinary curriculum and
consultation

• Group 4

2
Rationale/context

• Knowledge practice gap
• Information need
• Peer pressure
• Cultural barriers
• Stigma and myths associated
• Updating with new knowledge

3
Strategy and objective

• Strategy
• To develop and integrate a multidisciplinary
  curriculum for staff and students in HIV/AIDs and
  ART services
• Broad objective
• To enable staff and students and near-by
  communities to be more aware of HIV/AIDs and
  access VCT/ART services

4
Cross cutting issues

• Gender
• Environment
• Governance
• Culture
• Age
• Ethical issues
• Philosophy

5
Cont

• Poverty alleviation- entrepreneurship
• Special groups- OVC, commercial sex workers,
  street children, migrant populations, youth
• Communication skills and networking
• Basic reproductive education/HIV/STI
• Human rights

6
Target

• Staff
• Administrative and Technical
• Academic
• Students
• Non degree programmes
• Undergraduate
• postgraduate

7
Activities

• Needs assessment- multidisciplinary
• Baseline survey on KAP
• Identify -and empower curriculum development team
• Develop curricula based on above results for
  different groups
• Test and improve curricula
• Print the curricula
• Continuous review, M/E

8
How to integrate

• Common course on HIV/AIDS in the university
• Component of other subjects
• Orientation week- give statistics e.g. prevalence
  rates and other components
• Taught as a module for professional educators in
  HIV/AIDS