Assessing the impact of an emergency trauma course for senior medical students in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Ninety percent of all injury-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. The WHO recommends short, resource-specific trauma courses for healthcare providers. Studies show that teaching trauma courses to medical students in developed countries leads to significant increases in knowledge and skill. High costs hinder widespread and sustained teaching of these courses in low-income countries.

Methods

A two-day trauma course was designed for students at Moi College of Health Sciences in Eldoret, Kenya. Participants underwent pre- and post-course written and simulation testing and rated their confidence in 21 clinical scenarios and 15 procedures pre- and post-course using a five point Likert scale. A subset of the students was re-evaluated nine months po

SUBMITTER: Wanjiku G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6234127 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature