KUMJ | VOL. 17 | NO. 2 | ISSUE 66 | APRIL-JUNE 2019
Impact of Community Diagnosis Programme on Undergraduate Students at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
Singh A, Subedi K, Shrestha A, Bhagat T, Pyakurel P, Agrawal SK
Abstract: Background
Community Diagnosis Programme (CDP) aims to demonstrate the importance of
teamwork in health care to understand the comprehensive health needs of the rural
people and conceive about the research.
Objective
To assess the impact of community diagnosis program on undergraduate students of
BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan, Nepal.
Method
A cross sectional study with mixed design (quantitative and qualitative) was
conducted among the undergraduate students of batch 2017 participating in
community diagnosis programme of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan,
Nepal. Eight questions assessed the students’ perceptions regarding their abilities
about community diagnosis program using six point Likert Scale and four open ended
questions were used to know the students’ experience and perception of community
diagnosis programme.
Result
Overall mean ± SD score for pre-exposure response was 30.47 ± 6.18 and for the post-
exposure response was 40.49 ± 5.16. The overall mean ± SD score of the students
categorized according to streams showed similar results in both pre-exposure
response and post-exposure responses. Qualitative analysis revealed the themes
like “Research, a reflection of community and new method of learning to medical
students”; “method of developing confidence and good communication skills”,
“learning to work as a team” and “exposure to rural area”; “Research an adjunct to
medical profession”.
Conclusion
Community diagnosis programme had a positive impact on the students about basic
survey process, learnt to communicate with rural people, understood the type of
data and were willing to participate in similar projects in future. Qualitative analysis
showed most of the students had positive experience with some negative experience
of community diagnosis programme.
Keyword : BPKIHS, Community Diagnosis Programme, Undergraduate Students
