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Growth model for international academic medicine partnerships: Qualitative analysis of Ghana postgraduate Ob/Gyn training program
This study aims to detail the capacity strengthening process of the Ghana Ob/Gyn postgraduate training program in order to inform a model by which international academic medicine partnerships can form, grow, and effectively tackle development challenges. A qualitative analysis with grounded theory m...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021391/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962749 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000546 |
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author | Rager, Theresa L. Kekulawala, Melani Braunschweiga, Yael Samba, Ali Johnson, Tim R. B. Anderson, Frank W. J. |
author_facet | Rager, Theresa L. Kekulawala, Melani Braunschweiga, Yael Samba, Ali Johnson, Tim R. B. Anderson, Frank W. J. |
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description | This study aims to detail the capacity strengthening process of the Ghana Ob/Gyn postgraduate training program in order to inform a model by which international academic medicine partnerships can form, grow, and effectively tackle development challenges. A qualitative analysis with grounded theory methodological approach was utilized. Convenience and purposive sampling were used to select certified Ob/Gyn training program graduates. Interviews were conducted face-to-face in in Accra, Kumasi, Cape Coast, and Tamale, Ghana between June 21 to August 20, 2017. An additional data analysis of 48 semi-structured interviews previously collected for another study were examined for factors pertinent to graduate career development. Coded data were grouped according to themes and subthemes. Emerging themes demonstrated that graduates further complete the maternal care team and facilitate collaboration amongst healthcare workers. Themes also included graduates’ pursuit of subspecialty training and research. Graduates cited the training program as key to their professional development. Graduates assume leadership roles in hospital management and operations, teaching, mentoring, interprofessional maternal care team, and knowledge-sharing. Graduates expressed eagerness to subspecialize and to advance their research training and skills. The results suggest a growth model of international academic medicine partnerships from basic obstetric training to advanced training. The model is developed for adaptability in other SSA countries and low-resource settings so that it may effectively strengthen health workforce capacity. We hope that this program can serve as a model for other partnerships in medical specialties. |
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spelling | pubmed-100213912023-03-17 Growth model for international academic medicine partnerships: Qualitative analysis of Ghana postgraduate Ob/Gyn training program Rager, Theresa L. Kekulawala, Melani Braunschweiga, Yael Samba, Ali Johnson, Tim R. B. Anderson, Frank W. J. PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article This study aims to detail the capacity strengthening process of the Ghana Ob/Gyn postgraduate training program in order to inform a model by which international academic medicine partnerships can form, grow, and effectively tackle development challenges. A qualitative analysis with grounded theory methodological approach was utilized. Convenience and purposive sampling were used to select certified Ob/Gyn training program graduates. Interviews were conducted face-to-face in in Accra, Kumasi, Cape Coast, and Tamale, Ghana between June 21 to August 20, 2017. An additional data analysis of 48 semi-structured interviews previously collected for another study were examined for factors pertinent to graduate career development. Coded data were grouped according to themes and subthemes. Emerging themes demonstrated that graduates further complete the maternal care team and facilitate collaboration amongst healthcare workers. Themes also included graduates’ pursuit of subspecialty training and research. Graduates cited the training program as key to their professional development. Graduates assume leadership roles in hospital management and operations, teaching, mentoring, interprofessional maternal care team, and knowledge-sharing. Graduates expressed eagerness to subspecialize and to advance their research training and skills. The results suggest a growth model of international academic medicine partnerships from basic obstetric training to advanced training. The model is developed for adaptability in other SSA countries and low-resource settings so that it may effectively strengthen health workforce capacity. We hope that this program can serve as a model for other partnerships in medical specialties. Public Library of Science 2023-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10021391/ /pubmed/36962749 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000546 Text en © 2023 Rager et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Rager, Theresa L. Kekulawala, Melani Braunschweiga, Yael Samba, Ali Johnson, Tim R. B. Anderson, Frank W. J. Growth model for international academic medicine partnerships: Qualitative analysis of Ghana postgraduate Ob/Gyn training program |
title | Growth model for international academic medicine partnerships: Qualitative analysis of Ghana postgraduate Ob/Gyn training program |
title_full | Growth model for international academic medicine partnerships: Qualitative analysis of Ghana postgraduate Ob/Gyn training program |
title_fullStr | Growth model for international academic medicine partnerships: Qualitative analysis of Ghana postgraduate Ob/Gyn training program |
title_full_unstemmed | Growth model for international academic medicine partnerships: Qualitative analysis of Ghana postgraduate Ob/Gyn training program |
title_short | Growth model for international academic medicine partnerships: Qualitative analysis of Ghana postgraduate Ob/Gyn training program |
title_sort | growth model for international academic medicine partnerships: qualitative analysis of ghana postgraduate ob/gyn training program |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021391/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962749 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000546 |
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