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ArticleEvidence-based mental health2017

Problem-based, peer-to-peer global mental health e-learning between the UK and Somaliland: a pilot study.

Roberta Murphy, Elliot Clissold, Roxanne C Keynejad

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Article in Evidence-based mental health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Roberta MurphySouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Elliot ClissoldSt George's, University of London, London, UK.
Roxanne C KeynejadSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust · GBSt George's, University of London · GB

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Abstract

backgroundWHO's mental health gap action programme intervention guide (mhGAP-IG) is an evidence-based tool aimed at front-line health workers in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Its potential to improve global mental health education, especially through digital technologies, has been little studied. Problem-based learning (PBL) is usually conducted face-to-face, but its remote application could facilitate cross-cultural education.

objectiveTo evaluate PBL, applied to peer-to-peer global mental health e-learning (Aqoon), using mhGAP-IG.

methodsTwelve pairs of UK and Somaliland medical students completed the full programme. Participants self-directedly met online, via the low-bandwidth Medicine Africa website, for PBL-style tutorials focused on modules of the mhGAP-IG, V.2.0. Preparticipation and postparticipation surveys used mixed methods to evaluate Aqoon, including the Attitudes Toward Psychiatry (ATP-30) instrument.

findingsMedian ATP-30 scores for Somaliland (82.0 vs 95.0, p=0.003) and UK students (82.0 vs 95.0, p

conclusionsDigital PBL represents an innovative method to extend the benefits of mhGAP-IG beyond front-line clinical staff, to healthcare students in LMICs. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Educational resource limitations in LMICs may be overcome using digital platforms and PBL. Replication with non-medical healthcare students is the next step for this model to explore Aqoon's relevance to pressing global mental health workforce challenges.

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CurriculumHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticePeer GroupAdultEducation, DistanceEducation, MedicalFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthPilot ProjectsProblem-Based LearningSomaliaStudents, MedicalUnited KingdomYoung Adultattitudes to psychiatrye-learninge-medicineglobal healthglobal mental healthmhGAPpeer educationproblem-based learningpsychiatrystigma

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PMCPMC10516401
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