Introducing a Primary Health Care nurse training course at the University of Limpopo: Experiences and views of trainees

How to cite this article: Delobelle P, Mamogobo PM, Marincowitz, GJO, Decock, R. Introducing a Primary Health Care nurse training course at the University of Limpopo: Experiences and views of trainees. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2011;3(1), Art. #292, 5 pages. http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm. v3i1.292 Background: A new post-basic Primary Health Care (PHC) nurse training was piloted at the University of Limpopo in rural South Africa in order to reinforce PHC services and to address the backlog of trained PHC nurses. The training comprised residential and decentralised training modules based on the principles of problem based learning and community based education, and a patient-centred care approach developed in the field of family medicine was applied for acquiring consultation skills. Clinical reasoning was improved through on-site supervision by individual preceptors.