Department of Vascular Surgery, Beaumont Hospital and RCSI, Dublin, Ireland.
Department of Surgery, Sudan Medical Specialization Board (SMSB), Khartoum, Sudan.
PLoS One. 2023 Oct 5;18(10):e0291664. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291664. eCollection 2023.
Global interest has increased in improving the quality and increasing the number of graduates from surgical training programmes in countries with limited resources. Needs assessment of stakeholders in the training programmes represent the backbone of such process. The aim of this study was to assess the surgical training in Sudan from trainees' perspective in order to inform training delivery.
We adopted mixed methods design using focus group discussion for qualitative data collection and questionnaire survey for quantitative data. NVivo 20 Pro was used to organize qualitative data and SPSS 24.0 was used for quantitative data analysis.
Thematic analysis of qualitative data identified three themes. Trainees were overall satisfied that they will make good surgeons after completion of the programme. They identified case volume and collaborations with colleagues as the main strengths of the programme and lacking clear objectives for each year of training and academic activities as the main weaknesses. They suggested motivation of trainers and utilization of online resources and meeting platforms as solutions to improve supervision and academic activities during training.
The gaps in training and their suggested solutions highlighted by trainees in this study should form the base for reforming the surgical training in Sudan and countries with similar circumstances.
在资源有限的国家，全球对提高外科培训计划的质量和增加毕业生人数的兴趣日益浓厚。培训计划利益相关者的需求评估是这一过程的基础。本研究旨在从学员的角度评估苏丹的外科培训情况，以便为培训提供信息。
我们采用混合方法设计，使用焦点小组讨论进行定性数据收集和问卷调查进行定量数据收集。使用 NVivo 20 Pro 组织定性数据，使用 SPSS 24.0 进行定量数据分析。
定性数据分析的主题分析确定了三个主题。学员总体上对完成该计划后成为优秀外科医生感到满意。他们认为该计划的主要优势是病例量和与同事的合作，而主要的弱点是培训的每一年都缺乏明确的目标以及缺乏学术活动。他们建议通过激励培训师、利用在线资源和会议平台来提高培训期间的监督和学术活动。
本研究中学员强调的培训差距及其建议的解决方案应为改革苏丹和类似情况国家的外科培训奠定基础。
