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© 1980 Oxford University Press

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Problem Based Medical Education in the Community: a Student Nutritional Survey in Nigeria

U BOLLAG*, T BENNIKE**, C A O ADIGUN*, N I AGWU{dagger}, J O AWOBUSUYI{dagger}, K A AWOLOLA{dagger}, M O CHUKWUMWEIKE{dagger}, I A NWOSU{dagger} and H A UKPEH{dagger}

*Formerly: Senior Lecturer in Maternal and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Unilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
**Dronning Ingrids Hospital, 3900 Godthab, Gronland
{dagger}Second year medical students. Faculty of Health Sciences, Unilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

Present address: USC School of Medicine, Division of Research in Medical Education, 1975 Zonal Avenue, LOs Angeles, California 90033, USA

Bollag U (Senior Lecturer in Maternal and Child Health, Faculty of Health Science, Unilorin, llorin, Nigeria), Bennike T, Adigun C A O, Agwu N I, Awobusuyi J O, Awolola K A, Chukwumweike M O, Nwosu I A and Ukpeh H A. Problem based medical education in the community: a student nutritional survey in Nigeria. International Journal of Epidemiology 1980, 9: 375—379.

Students in their second year of medical studies perceived nutritional deficiency as a possible health problem in rural Nigeria and conducted a survey to investigate and compare the nutritional and health status of three distinct groups of children (Bokos in Babana, Bokos in Marami, Fulani).

The nutritional status of the children in the three study populations differed and seasonal change affected the one to four year old children among the Fulani more than the other 2 groups. An attempt was made to explain the results on the basis of environmental and socioeconomic differences among the groups. This account, more than just elaborating on figures and more than making indisputable statements, aims at showing how medical students, from their earliest studies, can learn from an apparent health problem of the community, how they can be messengers of data relevant to picture the local epidemiology (practical aspect) and how their findings can be used as self instructive teaching–learning material (educational aspect).

Received 18 July 1980


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