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Advances in training of the specialized human resources for health in Tanzania: the case of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
BACKGROUND: Increasing the number of specialized human resources for health is paramount to attainment of the United Nations sustainable development goals. Higher learning institutions in low-and middle-income countries must address this necessity. Here, we describe the 5-years trends in accreditati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8790923/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35078466 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03102-6 |
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author | Balandya, Emmanuel Hyuha, Gimbo Mtaya, Matilda Otieno, Joseph Sunguya, Bruno Frumence, Gasto Muganyizi, Projestine Lyamuya, Eligius Urassa, David Kamuhabwa, Appolinary Pembe, Andrea |
author_facet | Balandya, Emmanuel Hyuha, Gimbo Mtaya, Matilda Otieno, Joseph Sunguya, Bruno Frumence, Gasto Muganyizi, Projestine Lyamuya, Eligius Urassa, David Kamuhabwa, Appolinary Pembe, Andrea |
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description | BACKGROUND: Increasing the number of specialized human resources for health is paramount to attainment of the United Nations sustainable development goals. Higher learning institutions in low-and middle-income countries must address this necessity. Here, we describe the 5-years trends in accreditation of the clinical and non-clinical postgraduate (PG) programmes, student admission and graduation at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania, highlighting successes, challenges and opportunities for improvement. METHODS: This was a retrospective longitudinal study describing trends in PG training at MUHAS between 2015 and 2016 and 2019-2020. Major interventions in the reporting period included university-wide short course training programme to faculty on curricula development and initiation of online application system. Data were collected through a review of secondary data from various university records and was analyzed descriptively. Primary outcomes were the number of accredited PG programmes, number of PG applicants as well as proportions of applicants selected, applicants registered (enrolled) and students graduated, with a focus on gender and internationalization (students who are not from Tanzania). RESULTS: The number of PG programmes increased from 60 in 2015-2016 to 77 in 2019-2020, including programmes in rare fields such as cardiothoracic surgery, cardiothoracic anesthesia and critical care. The number of PG applications, selected applicants, registered applicants and PG students graduating at the university over the past five academic years had steadily increased by 79, 81, 50 and 79%, respectively. The average proportions of PG students who applied, were selected and registered as well as graduated at the university over the past five years by gender and internationalization has remained stably at 60% vs. 40% (male vs. female) and 90% vs. 10% (Tanzanian vs. international), respectively. In total, the university graduated 1348 specialized healthcare workers in the five years period, including 45 super-specialists in critical fields, through a steady increase from 200 graduates in 2015-2016 to 357 graduates in 2019-2020. Major challenges encountered include inadequate sponsorship, limited number of academic staff and limited physical infrastructure for teaching. CONCLUSION: Despite challenges encountered, MUHAS has made significant advances over the past five years in training of specialized and super-specialized healthcare workforce by increasing the number of programmes, enrollment and graduates whilst maintaining a narrow gender gap and international relevance. MUHAS will continue to be the pillar in training of the specialized human resources for health and is thus poised to contribute to timely attainment of the health-related United Nations sustainable development goals in Tanzania and beyond, particularly within the Sub-Saharan Africa region. |
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spelling | pubmed-87909232022-01-26 Advances in training of the specialized human resources for health in Tanzania: the case of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Balandya, Emmanuel Hyuha, Gimbo Mtaya, Matilda Otieno, Joseph Sunguya, Bruno Frumence, Gasto Muganyizi, Projestine Lyamuya, Eligius Urassa, David Kamuhabwa, Appolinary Pembe, Andrea BMC Med Educ Research BACKGROUND: Increasing the number of specialized human resources for health is paramount to attainment of the United Nations sustainable development goals. Higher learning institutions in low-and middle-income countries must address this necessity. Here, we describe the 5-years trends in accreditation of the clinical and non-clinical postgraduate (PG) programmes, student admission and graduation at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania, highlighting successes, challenges and opportunities for improvement. METHODS: This was a retrospective longitudinal study describing trends in PG training at MUHAS between 2015 and 2016 and 2019-2020. Major interventions in the reporting period included university-wide short course training programme to faculty on curricula development and initiation of online application system. Data were collected through a review of secondary data from various university records and was analyzed descriptively. Primary outcomes were the number of accredited PG programmes, number of PG applicants as well as proportions of applicants selected, applicants registered (enrolled) and students graduated, with a focus on gender and internationalization (students who are not from Tanzania). RESULTS: The number of PG programmes increased from 60 in 2015-2016 to 77 in 2019-2020, including programmes in rare fields such as cardiothoracic surgery, cardiothoracic anesthesia and critical care. The number of PG applications, selected applicants, registered applicants and PG students graduating at the university over the past five academic years had steadily increased by 79, 81, 50 and 79%, respectively. The average proportions of PG students who applied, were selected and registered as well as graduated at the university over the past five years by gender and internationalization has remained stably at 60% vs. 40% (male vs. female) and 90% vs. 10% (Tanzanian vs. international), respectively. In total, the university graduated 1348 specialized healthcare workers in the five years period, including 45 super-specialists in critical fields, through a steady increase from 200 graduates in 2015-2016 to 357 graduates in 2019-2020. Major challenges encountered include inadequate sponsorship, limited number of academic staff and limited physical infrastructure for teaching. CONCLUSION: Despite challenges encountered, MUHAS has made significant advances over the past five years in training of specialized and super-specialized healthcare workforce by increasing the number of programmes, enrollment and graduates whilst maintaining a narrow gender gap and international relevance. MUHAS will continue to be the pillar in training of the specialized human resources for health and is thus poised to contribute to timely attainment of the health-related United Nations sustainable development goals in Tanzania and beyond, particularly within the Sub-Saharan Africa region. BioMed Central 2022-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8790923/ /pubmed/35078466 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03102-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Balandya, Emmanuel Hyuha, Gimbo Mtaya, Matilda Otieno, Joseph Sunguya, Bruno Frumence, Gasto Muganyizi, Projestine Lyamuya, Eligius Urassa, David Kamuhabwa, Appolinary Pembe, Andrea Advances in training of the specialized human resources for health in Tanzania: the case of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences |
title | Advances in training of the specialized human resources for health in Tanzania: the case of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences |
title_full | Advances in training of the specialized human resources for health in Tanzania: the case of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences |
title_fullStr | Advances in training of the specialized human resources for health in Tanzania: the case of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences |
title_full_unstemmed | Advances in training of the specialized human resources for health in Tanzania: the case of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences |
title_short | Advances in training of the specialized human resources for health in Tanzania: the case of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences |
title_sort | advances in training of the specialized human resources for health in tanzania: the case of muhimbili university of health and allied sciences |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8790923/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35078466 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03102-6 |
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