Peter Karoli, Mary Mayige, Gibson Kagaruki, Amani Mori, Edgar Macha, Reuben Mutagaywa, Arafa Momba, Harrieth Peter, Ritha Willilo, Pilly Chillo, Aidan Banduka, Bruno Sunguya, Kaushik Ramaiya, Edna Majaliwa, Stella Malangahe, Renatus Nyarubamba, Esther Mtumbuka, Elizabeth Mallya, Deogratias Soka, Sarah Urasa, Willfredius Rutahoile, Best Magoma, Emiliana Donald, David Mwenesano, Kajiru Kilonzo
Mid-level healthcare workers knowledge on non-communicable diseases in Tanzania: a district-level pre-and post-training assessment
BMC health services research
background completion foundation year one fy1 doctor training requirement full general medical council registration united kingdom training year mapped curriculum one key elements safe procedural skills objective project improve teaching procedural skills means clinical skills day csd quantify improvement materials methods onegroup pretestposttest design conducted 32 doctors completed confidence inventory four core procedural stations suturing urethral catheterisation male female lumbar puncture bimanual speculum examinations intervention simulated procedural skills occurred supervision senior clinicians fy1 doctors receiving teaching practising four skills primary outcome impact csd trainees confidence performing certain skills pre postcsd trainees confidence levels collected via onlinefocused questionnaire descriptive statistics paired ttest oneway analysis variance anova posthoc bonferroni comparisons undertaken statistical analysis results difference mean scores confidence postintervention significant four procedural stations without supervision p 00001 conclusions use csds impacted positively fy1 doctors confidence performing certain skills wider implementation promising approach foundation doctors recommended