Point of care obstetric ultrasound training for midwives and nurses: implementation and experiences of trainees at a rural based hospital in Sub-saharan Africa: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Point of care ultrasound training has been successfully implemented in some settings. This has been done due to a shortage of radiology human resource gap especially in the rural areas of low-resource settings. The purpose of the study was to implement a point of care obstetric ultrasound training program for midwives and nurses and explore their experiences following the training at a rural based hospital in Uganda.

Methods

It was an exploratory qualitative study with some elements of implementation research design involving midwives and nurses that had undergone obstetric ultrasound training at Kiwoko hospital, a rural-based hospital in Uganda. Purposive sampling was used to select twenty-five midwives and nurses. These participants underwent a 6-weeks training

SUBMITTER: Mubuuke AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10598935 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature