Results: 4

Implementation of a customised antimicrobial resistance laboratory scorecard in Cameroon, Ethiopia and Keny

Background: In low-resource settings, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is detected by traditional culture-based methods and ensuring the quality of such services is a challenge. The AMR Scorecard provides laboratories with a technical assessment tool for strengthening the quality of bacterial culture, iden...

Nursing informatics skills relevance and competence for final year nursing students

Curationis; 45 (1), 2022
Background: The increasing use of technology in nursing practice requires nursing students to be competent in nursing informatics with an attitude of acceptance of technology in the healthcare environment. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to determine final year nursing students’ perception...

Health workers with good self-perceived competency have lower actual competency levels on HIS in Eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

Introduction: Utilization of health information is critical to meeting service performance goals and for making informed decisions. However, in resource limited countries, health data is rarely used in decisions around program improvements. This study aimed to assess the determinants of comp...

The effect of pre-service training on post-graduation skill and knowledge retention among mid-level healthcare providers in Mozambique

Hum. resour. health; 13 (20), 2015
Mozambique suffers from critical shortages of healthcare workers including non-physician clinicians, Tecnicos de Medicina Geral (TMGs), who are often senior clinicians in rural health centres. The Mozambique Ministry of Health and the International Training and Education Center for Health, University of ...