The introduction of a paediatric ENT and anaesthesia skills course in Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre hospital, (KCMC), Moshi, Tanzania
| Autor: | Peter Shija, Thomas Hampton, Aleksandra O. Kotwica, David J. Howard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health Personnel Resuscitation education 030231 tropical medicine Theatre environment Pediatrics Tanzania 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Anesthesiology Surveys and Questionnaires Hospitals Religious Global health Medicine Humans Anesthesia 030212 general & internal medicine Child Paediatric anaesthesia biology business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Hospitals Infectious Diseases Medical emergency Clinical Competence Educational Measurement Patient Safety business |
| Zdroj: | Tropical doctor. 51(3) |
| ISSN: | 1758-1133 |
| Popis: | Human factors and a safe operating theatre environment are of paramount importance, wherever surgery is undertaken. The majority of patients in sub-Saharan Africa do not yet have access to safe surgery. The Paediatric ENT Skills and Airway Course introduced and evaluated here was designed to improve outcomes and safety in a typical East African environment. The lectures, tutorials and practicals covered technical and non-technical skills. Responses from pre- and post-course questionnaires were evaluated as an initial surrogate for effectiveness of this course. The latter showed improvement in all taught skills and found universal recommendation. The course had been established to try to minimise morbidity and mortality after paediatric surgery at our institution, KCMC. We encouraged team co-operation in the care of patients, and recommend other centres consider similar courses building on human factors for safer operating theatre working practices. |
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