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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2026)
https://doi.org/10.4081/sjroh.2026.667

Strengthening pedagogical, clinical, digital, and ethical competencies among health educators: a descriptive report of the University Pedagogy Seminar at the University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena, Chad

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Medical education, faculty development, competency-based education, clinical supervision, digital pedagogy

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Suitombaye Noubaramadji Yamti
noubaramadji.yamti@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9887-3562
Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena; Laboratoire des Grandes Épidémies Tropicales, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena, Chad.
Carlos Gomez-Virseda
Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Daniele Mezzana
Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata; Knowledge and Innovation, Rome, Italy.
Abel Dafogo Djibagaou
Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena; Laboratoire des Grandes Épidémies Tropicales, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena, Chad.
Ndilbe Soumbatingar
Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena, Chad.
Koutaya Dezoumbe
Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena; Laboratoire des Grandes Épidémies Tropicales, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena, Chad.
Ernest Claude Njoya
Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I; Faculty of Education, Evangelic University Institute of Cameroon, Bandjoun, Cameroon.
Sefirin Djiogue
Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I; Faculty of Education, Evangelic University Institute of Cameroon, Bandjoun, Cameroon.
Kimassoum Rimtebaye
Faculty of Human Health Sciences, University of N’Djamena, Chad.
Vittorio Colizzi
Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena; Laboratoire des Grandes Épidémies Tropicales, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena, Chad.

Health professions education in the Sahel faces persistent challenges in aligning teaching practices with competency-based, clinically relevant, and ethically grounded standards. This report describes the design, delivery, and outcomes of the 3-day University Pedagogy Seminar held at the University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain” (CHU-BS), N’Djamena, Chad, which aimed to strengthen the pedagogical, clinical, digital, and ethical competencies of health educators. The seminar combined thematic lectures, interactive discussion, and case-based exchange across three domains: pedagogical engineering and active learning; clinical pedagogy and competency assessment; and digital pedagogy, responsible research, and ethics. Daily rapporteur reports and plenary syntheses documented proceedings that were subsequently analysed thematically. Participants engaged with constructive alignment, cognitive activation, clinical supervision models, workplace-based assessment tools, hybrid course design, and the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and One Health frameworks. Recurrent logistical and pedagogical challenges were identified alongside institutional recommendations. The seminar offers a potentially adaptable model for resource-limited academic health centres in the Sahel.

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Supporting Agencies

This work was fully supported by the Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena, Chad.
Suitombaye Noubaramadji Yamti, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena; Laboratoire des Grandes Épidémies Tropicales, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena

Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.

Abel Dafogo Djibagaou, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena; Laboratoire des Grandes Épidémies Tropicales, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena

Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.

Koutaya Dezoumbe, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena; Laboratoire des Grandes Épidémies Tropicales, University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena

Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.

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Strengthening pedagogical, clinical, digital, and ethical competencies among health educators: a descriptive report of the University Pedagogy Seminar at the University Hospital Complex “Le Bon Samaritain”, N’Djamena, Chad. (2026). Sahelian Journal of Responsible One Health, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/sjroh.2026.667
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