Standard basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care training in Addis Ababa; trainees reaction and knowledge acquisition

• Published in: BMC medical education 2014-09, Vol.14 (1), p.201-201, Article 201
• Main Authors: Mirkuzie, Alemnesh H, Sisay, Mitike Molla, Bedane, Mulu Muleta
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Adult; Attitude of Health Personnel; Case Studies; Charts; Child Health; Cities; Clinical Competence; Colleges & universities; Community Health Centers; Competence; Core curriculum; Curricula; Curriculum; Developing Countries; Education, Medical, Continuing; Educational Facilities Improvement; Educational Technology; Emergency Medicine - education; Ethics; Ethiopia; Female; Flow Charts; Follow-Up Studies; Health facilities; Hospitals; Humans; Inservice Education; Inservice Training; Instructional Effectiveness; Male; Mastery Learning; Maternal & child health; Midwifery; Mothers; Neonatal care; Neonatology - education; Nurses; Obstetrics; Obstetrics - education; Public health; Retention; Supervision; Trainees
• ISSN: 1472-6920; 1472-6920
• DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-201

In 2010, the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia (FMOH) has developed standard Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (BEmONC) in-service training curricula to respond to the high demand for competency in EmONC. However, the effectiveness of the training curricula has not been well documented. A collaborative intervention project in Addis Ababa has trained providers using the standard BEmONC curricula where this paper presents Krikpartick level 1 and level 2 evaluation of the training. The project has been conducted in 10 randomly selected public health centers (HC) in Addis Ababa. Providers working in the labour wards of the selected HCs have received the standard BEmONC training between May and July 2013. Using standard tools, trainees' reaction to the course and factual knowledge during the immediate post-course and six months after the training were assessed. Descriptive statistics and t-tests were done. Of the total 82 providers who received the training, 30 (36.6%) were male, 61 (74.4%) were midwives. Providers' work experiences ranged from 1 month to 37 years. Seventy-four (89%) providers reported that the training was appropriate for their work, 95% reported that the training have updated their knowledge & skills, while 27 (32.9%) reported that the training facilities & arrangements were unsatisfactory. The mean immediate post-course knowledge score was 83.5% and 33 (40%) providers did not achieve knowledge-based mastery in their first attempt. The midwives were more likely to achieve knowledge-based mastery than the nurses (p