Strategies for specialty training of healthcare professionals in low-resource settings: a systematic review on evidence from stroke care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The greatest mortality and disability from stroke occurs in low- and middle-income countries. A significant barrier to implementation of best stroke care practices in these settings is limited availability of specialized healthcare training. We conducted a systematic review to determine the most effective methods for the provision of speciality stroke care education for hospital-based healthcare professionals in low-resource settings.

Methods

We followed the PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews and searched PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus for original clinical research articles that described or evaluated stroke care education for hospital-based healthcare professionals in low-resource settings. Two reviewers screened titles/abstracts and then full text arti

SUBMITTER: Habibi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10273731 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature