Curriculum Development for the South African Essential Steps in Managing Obstetric Emergencies (ESMOE) Anesthesiology Training Module: A Delphi Study.

Journal

Anesthesia and analgesia

ISSN: 1526-7598

Titre abrégé: Anesth Analg

Pays: United States

ID NLM: 1310650

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 Sep 2024

Historique:

medline: 4 10 2024

pubmed: 4 10 2024

entrez: 3 10 2024

Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3) for 2030 aims at <70 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. South Africa (SA) falls short of this goal and most deaths occur in district and regional hospitals. Due to low anesthesiologist (specialist anesthetist) numbers in the public sector, the anesthetic workforce in these hospitals consists mainly of nonspecialist (general practitioner) junior doctors with limited supervision. The Essential Steps in Managing Obstetric Emergencies (ESMOE) training program for interns was introduced in 2008 to reduce maternal deaths in SA. Training is not consistently offered at all intern-training institutions and it has not been recently revised. This study sought expert suggestions to guide a revision of the regulation, pedagogy, and content of the ESMOE anesthetic module. A 3-round consensus-seeking modified Delphi technique was used whereby experts rated current and suggested learning outcomes as well as pedagogical- and regulatory aspects of the ESMOE anesthetic module in an anonymous, online, Likert-scale questionnaire. Consensus was defined as ≥70% agreement. Open-ended questions sought motivations for decisions and further suggestions for program improvement. Between March 4, 2021 and August 18, 2021, a total of 17/24 (71%), 16/17 (94%), and 15/16 (94%) consenting experts completed the first, second, and third rounds, respectively. During the 3 rounds, the panel achieved consensus on all but 2 questionnaire items. The panel agreed that ESMOE anesthesia training should be mandatory and that it should be offered through a blended learning model. They further concurred that the current learning outcomes should be retained, and suggested additional outcomes based on the most common causes of maternal mortality in SA. Attendance of the ESMOE anesthesia module should be mandatory. Its pedagogy should be updated to a blended learning style to benefit the current digital native intern generation. The content should be updated to address the main causes of maternal mortality in SA in line with SDG3. A national obstetric anesthesia guideline should be considered, and lea-dership and collaboration are required to improve the alignment of undergraduate, internship, and junior doctor anesthesia training in SA. The content, process, and stakeholder engagement suggestions in this study can assist short-course-based anesthesia workforce training in similar global contexts.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND

METHODS METHODS

A 3-round consensus-seeking modified Delphi technique was used whereby experts rated current and suggested learning outcomes as well as pedagogical- and regulatory aspects of the ESMOE anesthetic module in an anonymous, online, Likert-scale questionnaire. Consensus was defined as ≥70% agreement. Open-ended questions sought motivations for decisions and further suggestions for program improvement.

RESULTS RESULTS

Between March 4, 2021 and August 18, 2021, a total of 17/24 (71%), 16/17 (94%), and 15/16 (94%) consenting experts completed the first, second, and third rounds, respectively. During the 3 rounds, the panel achieved consensus on all but 2 questionnaire items. The panel agreed that ESMOE anesthesia training should be mandatory and that it should be offered through a blended learning model. They further concurred that the current learning outcomes should be retained, and suggested additional outcomes based on the most common causes of maternal mortality in SA.

CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS

Attendance of the ESMOE anesthesia module should be mandatory. Its pedagogy should be updated to a blended learning style to benefit the current digital native intern generation. The content should be updated to address the main causes of maternal mortality in SA in line with SDG3. A national obstetric anesthesia guideline should be considered, and lea-dership and collaboration are required to improve the alignment of undergraduate, internship, and junior doctor anesthesia training in SA. The content, process, and stakeholder engagement suggestions in this study can assist short-course-based anesthesia workforce training in similar global contexts.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007019 PMID: 39362277

pubmed: 39362277

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007019

pii: 00000539-990000000-00938

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Journal Article

Langues

eng

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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