Evaluating the impact of a multicountry interprofessional training programme to improve HIV knowledge and clinical confidence among healthcare workers in sub-Saharan Africa: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the impact of an interprofessional case-based training programme to enhance clinical knowledge and confidence among clinicians working in high HIV-burden settings in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Setting

Health professions training institutions and their affiliated clinical training sites in 12 high HIV-burden countries in SSA.

Participants

Cohort comprising preservice and in-service learners, from diverse health professions, engaged in HIV service delivery.

Intervention

A standardised, interprofessional, case-based curriculum designed to enhance HIV clinical competency, implemented between October 2019 and April 2020.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcomes measured were knowledge and clinical confidence related to topics addressed in

SUBMITTER: Kiguli-Malwadde E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9305810 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature