Improved clinical and laboratory skills after team-based, malaria case management training of health care professionals in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Deployment of highly effective artemisinin-based combination therapy for treating uncomplicated malaria calls for better targeting of malaria treatment to improve case management and minimize drug pressure for selecting resistant parasites. The Integrated Management of Malaria curriculum was developed to train multi-disciplinary teams of clinical, laboratory and health information assistants.

Methods

Evaluation of training was conducted in nine health facilities that were Uganda Malaria Surveillance Programme (UMSP) sites. From December 2006 to June 2007, 194 health professionals attended a six-day course. One-hundred and one of 118 (86%) clinicians were observed during patient encounters by expert clinicians at baseline and during three follow-up visits approxima

SUBMITTER: Namagembe A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3342908 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature