title: Obstetric skills at district and sub-district hospitals.
abstract: A new policy for emergency obstetric care (EOC) which should be provided at district and sub-district hospitals has been adopted in Bangladesh. Therefore a survey of the obstetric skills of doctors at these institutions was performed. The current skills of the doctors was compared with their self-perceived skills when they left their medical college hospitals. Although in many cases self learning had occurred it was shown that, unless a doctor had been competent to perform a skill under indirect supervision, competency was often not reached.
authors.affiliation: Further Improvement of Medical Colleges, Health Projects Office, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bhuiya
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Bullough
mesh_terms: D001459:Bangladesh; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy