Mohamed K G, Hunskaar S, Abdelrahman S H, Malik E M
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Adv Med. 2017;2017:6267015. doi: 10.1155/2017/6267015. Epub 2017 Nov 28.
Many postgraduate family medicine training programmes have been developed to meet the worldwide dire need for practicing family physicians. This study was conducted in Gezira state of Sudan in a "before-and-after" design in the period of 2010-2012 with the aim to assess improvements in candidates' confidence in performing certain clinical skills. A self-evaluation questionnaire was used with a five-grade scale (1-5) to assess candidates' confidence in performing 46 clinical skills. A group of 108 participants responded for both the "before" and the "after" questionnaire: the response rate was 91% (before) and 90% (after). In general, a positive progress trend was detected. The mean skill value for all skills was 3.23 (before) and 3.93 (after) with a mean increase of 21.7% ( < 0.001). Male students scored constantly higher than females both before and after completing the master's programme, while females showed a higher percentage in progress. Scores in certain medical disciplines were higher than others. However, disciplines with low scores in the beginning, such as psychiatry and ophthalmology, showed the highest progress percentage. The results show a significant increase in confidence in performing procedural skills designed in the curriculum of the GFMP master's programme.
为满足全球对执业家庭医生的迫切需求，许多研究生家庭医学培训项目应运而生。本研究于2010年至2012年期间在苏丹的杰济拉州采用“前后”设计进行，旨在评估学员在执行某些临床技能方面信心的提升情况。使用一份五级量表（1 - 5）的自我评价问卷来评估学员在执行46项临床技能方面的信心。一组108名参与者对“前”和“后”问卷都做出了回应：回应率分别为91%（前）和90%（后）。总体而言，检测到了积极的进步趋势。所有技能的平均得分在培训前为3.23，培训后为3.93，平均提高了21.7%（<0.001）。在完成硕士课程之前和之后，男学生的得分一直高于女学生，而女学生的进步百分比更高。某些医学学科的得分高于其他学科。然而，像精神病学和眼科等最初得分较低的学科，进步百分比最高。结果显示，学员在执行GFMP硕士课程中设计的操作技能方面的信心有显著提高。
