Training beyond borders: A WPA pilot project for child and adolescent mental health course in Pakistan

Purpose: The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) strives to close the gap between expertise in high-income countries (HICs) and low and middle-income countries (LMICs). WPA volunteering programme is a project framework wherein area-specific experts from HICs volunteer to support local experts in the LMICs in training their own professionals. This paper reports on the outcome of a collaborative project on Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) training in Pakistan. Materials and methods: Thirty participants from twenty-three different institutions across Pakistan were selected on the basis of their interest in CAMH. Two volunteers (ST and MH) met online with the Pakistani representatives (NI and QUH) to develop a programme. They also regularly met online between the sessions to evaluate adjustments in order to increase the appropriateness of the offered content according to participant feedback and suggestions. Results: The pre- and post-course evaluation revealed statistically signif...世界精神病学协会（World Psychiatric Association, WPA）致力于缩小高收入国家（high-income countries, HICs）与中低收入国家（low and middle-income countries, LMICs）之间的专业资源鸿沟。WPA志愿者计划是一项项目框架，由来自高收入国家的领域专家志愿协助中低收入国家的本土专家，开展本国专业人才的培训工作。本文报告了巴基斯坦儿童青少年心理健康（Child and Adolescent Mental Health, CAMH）培训合作项目的实施成果。 材料与方法：从巴基斯坦各地23家不同机构中遴选了30名对儿童青少年心理健康领域抱有兴趣的参与者。两名志愿者（ST与MH）与巴基斯坦代表（NI与QUH）通过线上会议共同拟定培训方案，并在各培训环节间定期开展线上研讨，依据参与者的反馈与建议对培训内容进行调整优化，以提升内容的适配性。 结果：课程前后评估显示具有统计学显著性……