Model for Analysis, Systemic Planning and Strategic Synthesis for Health Science Teaching in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The problem of training human resources in health is a real concern in public health in Central Africa. What can be changed in order to train more competent health professionals? This is of utmost importance in primary health care. Taking into account the level of training of secondary-level nurses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a systemic approach, based on the PRECEDE PROCEED model of analysis, led to a better understanding of the educational determinants and of the factors favourable to a better match between training in health sciences and the expected competences of the health professionals. [from abstract]