Needs assessment study of postgraduate surgical education in Sudan: Trainees perspective

Elrasheid A H Kheirelseid, Reem Magzoub, Muhannad Ahmed, Abdulrahman A Rudwan, Mohamed S M Awoda and Walter Cullen

PLOS ONE, 2023, vol. 18, issue 10, 1-14

Abstract: Introduction: 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. Methods: 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. Results: 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. Conclusion: 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.

Date: 2023
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