Feasibility and preliminary validity evidence for remote video-based assessment of clinicians in a global health setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Serious childhood illnesses (SCI), defined as severe pneumonia, severe dehydration, sepsis, and severe malaria, remain major contributors to amenable child mortality worldwide. Inadequate recognition and treatment of SCI are factors that impact child mortality in Botswana. Skills assessments of providers caring for SCI have not been validated in low and middle-income countries.

Objective

To establish preliminary inter-rater reliability, validity evidence, and feasibility for an assessment of providers who care for SCI using simulated patients and remote video capture in community clinic settings in Botswana.

Methods

This was a pilot study. Four scenarios were developed via a modified Delphi technique and implemented at primary care clinics in Kweneng, Botsw

SUBMITTER: Smith KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6677291 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature