Building Resilience in Trauma Care at a Sub-Saharan African Tertiary Center: A Longitudinal Assessment of Multidisciplinary Trauma and Disaster Team Response Training Impact.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the long-term impact of the Trauma and Disaster Team Response (TDTR) course-supported by McGill University's Center for Global Surgery (CGS) and endorsed by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research's Surgical Hub-on Tanzanian clinicians' self-assessed confidence in trauma care skills taught in 2023.

Background

Locally led, context-specific team training, such as the TDTR course, is essential in resource-limited settings to strengthen trauma care systems, prepare for unforeseeable natural or man-made disasters, and reduce preventable injury-related harm. In 2023, a 3-day, simulation-based, multidisciplinary TDTR course was conducted to equip Tanzanian clinicians with essential trauma management skills.

Methods

This longitudinal cohor

SUBMITTER: Osebo CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12727244 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature