Impact of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Training on Case Identification and Management Skills Among Undergraduate Medical Students in a Developing Country: A Case-control Study

Background: In most developing countries, undergraduate medical students rely upon books published by foreign publications of developed countries. These often fail to include World Health Organization (WHO) recommended guidelines, which are vital for the national health mission As a result, who “future doctors” continue lack necessary skills when they graduate from schools and start working in their Objectives: The aim this study was quantify impact inclusion WHO-recommended integrated management childhood illness (IMCI) guideline curriculum students. Methods: This case-control done on group 72 case (trained) underwent 12 days IMCI training 92 control (untrained) did not receive training. An evaluation test, included clinical scenarios, conducted assess performance participants both trained untrained groups. Results: Participants scored significantly higher compared with identification major illnesses (P < 0.05). No significant difference found between groups assessment immunization status children. group, strong positive correlation (r = 0.87) existed attendance percentage during session marks 0.001). Conclusions: Our suggests that community-oriented WHO improves disease there is an urgent need updating pedagogy curriculum, guidelines order meet current challenges.