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The History and Evolution of the West African College of Surgeons/Jos University Teaching Hospital Trauma Management Course

BACKGROUND: Inadequate trauma care training opportunities exist in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Jos University Teaching Hospital and the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) have synergized, over the past 15 years, to introduce a yearly, certified, multidisciplinary Trauma Management Course....

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Autores principales: Sule, Augustine Z., Alayande, Barnabas T., Ojo, Emmanuel O., Taiwo, Femi O., Riviello, Robert R., Chirdan, Lohfa B., Ezeome, Emmanuel R., Mshelbwala, Philip M., Ugwu, Benjamin T., Yawe, King-David T.
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Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10109223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37069318
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-023-07004-6
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author Sule, Augustine Z.
Alayande, Barnabas T.
Ojo, Emmanuel O.
Taiwo, Femi O.
Riviello, Robert R.
Chirdan, Lohfa B.
Ezeome, Emmanuel R.
Mshelbwala, Philip M.
Ugwu, Benjamin T.
Yawe, King-David T.
author_facet Sule, Augustine Z.
Alayande, Barnabas T.
Ojo, Emmanuel O.
Taiwo, Femi O.
Riviello, Robert R.
Chirdan, Lohfa B.
Ezeome, Emmanuel R.
Mshelbwala, Philip M.
Ugwu, Benjamin T.
Yawe, King-David T.
author_sort Sule, Augustine Z.
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description BACKGROUND: Inadequate trauma care training opportunities exist in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Jos University Teaching Hospital and the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) have synergized, over the past 15 years, to introduce a yearly, certified, multidisciplinary Trauma Management Course. We explore the history and evolution of this course. METHODS: A desk review of course secretariat documents, registration records, schedules, pre- and post-course test records, post-course surveys, and account books complemented by organizer interviews was carried out to elaborate the evolution of the Trauma Management Course. RESULTS: The course was started as a local Continuing Medical Education program in 2005 in response to recurring cycles of violence and numerous mass casualty situations. Collaborations with WACS followed, with inclusion of the course in the College’s yearly calendar from 2010. Multidisciplinary faculty teach participants the concepts of trauma care through didactic lectures, group sessions, and hands-on simulation within a one-week period. From inception, there has been a 100% growth in lecture content (from 15 to 30 lectures) and in multidisciplinary attendance (from 23 to 133 attendees). Trainees showed statistically significant knowledge gain yearly, with a mean difference ranging from 10.1 to 16.1% over the past 5 years. Future collaborations seek to expand the course and position it as a catalyst for regional emergency medical services and trauma registries. CONCLUSIONS: Multidisciplinary trauma management training is important for expanding holistic trauma capacity within the West African sub-region. The course serves as an example for Low- and Middle-Income contexts. Similar contextualized programs should be considered to strengthen trauma workforce development.
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spelling pubmed-101092232023-04-18 The History and Evolution of the West African College of Surgeons/Jos University Teaching Hospital Trauma Management Course Sule, Augustine Z. Alayande, Barnabas T. Ojo, Emmanuel O. Taiwo, Femi O. Riviello, Robert R. Chirdan, Lohfa B. Ezeome, Emmanuel R. Mshelbwala, Philip M. Ugwu, Benjamin T. Yawe, King-David T. World J Surg Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries BACKGROUND: Inadequate trauma care training opportunities exist in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Jos University Teaching Hospital and the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) have synergized, over the past 15 years, to introduce a yearly, certified, multidisciplinary Trauma Management Course. We explore the history and evolution of this course. METHODS: A desk review of course secretariat documents, registration records, schedules, pre- and post-course test records, post-course surveys, and account books complemented by organizer interviews was carried out to elaborate the evolution of the Trauma Management Course. RESULTS: The course was started as a local Continuing Medical Education program in 2005 in response to recurring cycles of violence and numerous mass casualty situations. Collaborations with WACS followed, with inclusion of the course in the College’s yearly calendar from 2010. Multidisciplinary faculty teach participants the concepts of trauma care through didactic lectures, group sessions, and hands-on simulation within a one-week period. From inception, there has been a 100% growth in lecture content (from 15 to 30 lectures) and in multidisciplinary attendance (from 23 to 133 attendees). Trainees showed statistically significant knowledge gain yearly, with a mean difference ranging from 10.1 to 16.1% over the past 5 years. Future collaborations seek to expand the course and position it as a catalyst for regional emergency medical services and trauma registries. CONCLUSIONS: Multidisciplinary trauma management training is important for expanding holistic trauma capacity within the West African sub-region. The course serves as an example for Low- and Middle-Income contexts. Similar contextualized programs should be considered to strengthen trauma workforce development. Springer International Publishing 2023-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10109223/ /pubmed/37069318 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-023-07004-6 Text en © The Author(s) under exclusive licence to Société Internationale de Chirurgie 2023, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
spellingShingle Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries
Sule, Augustine Z.
Alayande, Barnabas T.
Ojo, Emmanuel O.
Taiwo, Femi O.
Riviello, Robert R.
Chirdan, Lohfa B.
Ezeome, Emmanuel R.
Mshelbwala, Philip M.
Ugwu, Benjamin T.
Yawe, King-David T.
The History and Evolution of the West African College of Surgeons/Jos University Teaching Hospital Trauma Management Course
title The History and Evolution of the West African College of Surgeons/Jos University Teaching Hospital Trauma Management Course
title_full The History and Evolution of the West African College of Surgeons/Jos University Teaching Hospital Trauma Management Course
title_fullStr The History and Evolution of the West African College of Surgeons/Jos University Teaching Hospital Trauma Management Course
title_full_unstemmed The History and Evolution of the West African College of Surgeons/Jos University Teaching Hospital Trauma Management Course
title_short The History and Evolution of the West African College of Surgeons/Jos University Teaching Hospital Trauma Management Course
title_sort history and evolution of the west african college of surgeons/jos university teaching hospital trauma management course
topic Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10109223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37069318
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-023-07004-6
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