Needs assessment study of postgraduate surgical education in Sudan: Trainees perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Global interest has increased in improving the quality and increasing the number of graduates from surgical training programmes in countries with limited resources. Needs assessment of stakeholders in the training programmes represent the backbone of such process. The aim of this study was to assess the surgical training in Sudan from trainees' perspective in order to inform training delivery.

Methods

We adopted mixed methods design using focus group discussion for qualitative data collection and questionnaire survey for quantitative data. NVivo 20 Pro was used to organize qualitative data and SPSS 24.0 was used for quantitative data analysis.

Results

Thematic analysis of qualitative data identified three themes. Trainees were overall satisfied that they

SUBMITTER: Kheirelseid EAH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10553270 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature