EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION IN GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS; JOHNS HORKINS PIEGO

TRAINEES CAME FROM EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, THE INDIAN SOUTH CONTINENT, THE MIDDLE EAST, EAST AFRICA, AND LATIN AMERICA WITH LITTLE REPRESENTATION FROM NORTHERN AND WESTERN AFRICA. THIS REPRESENTS SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS IN MEETING SOME OF THE BASIC RATIONALES OF THE GRANT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO MEASURE THE FINAL IMPACT OF THE TRAINING. THE EVALUATORS MADE 8 RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE GENERAL PROGRAM INCLUDING THAT PIEGO WOULD DO WELL TO BE MORE CLEARLY IDINTIFIED AS AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR ADVANCING THE APPLICATION OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE TO HEALTH PROBLEMS RELATED TO REPRODUCTION WHILE MAINTAINING A RELATIVELY LOW PROFILE ON THE TRAINING OF PHYSICIANS IN STERILIZATION TECHNIQUES. THE EVALUATORS DISCUSSED AND MADE 29 RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT SPECIFICS OF THE PROJECT, TO WIT: (1)RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE OFFICE FO THE PRESIDENT AND THE OPERATING OFFICERS OF JHPIEGO; (2)OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL; (3)INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF ADVISORS; (4)OFFICES OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; (5)OFFICE OF EDUCATION; (6)FIELD TRAINING DIVISION; (7)OFFICE OF HISTORY AND EVALUATION; (8)OFFICE OF EQUIPMENT; (9)OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS; (10)PUBLIC RELATIONS; (11)FUND RAISING; (12)INTERAGENCY ACTIVITY; AND (13)LONG-TERM EVALUATION OF TRAINEES. THE EVALUATORS ALSO DISCUSSED AND MADE 8 RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE THREE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE PIEGO PROGRAM BE BROADLY STRUCTURED TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL INPUTS INTO THE DEPARTMENTS OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. BY RESTRICTING THE SCOPE OF PIEGO TO A MORE GENERALLY-BASED EDUCATIONAL EFFORT, PIEGO WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO AND CONTINUING SUPPORT FROM THE MAJORITY OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN THE LESS-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD.