title: IMPACT OF CLINICAL OFFICER ANAESTHETIST TRAINING PROGRAMME AT THE KENYA MEDICAL TRAINING COLLEGE, NAKURU, ON TRAINEE SATISFACTION, QUALITY OF PRACTICE, AND CADRE SHORTFALL ALLEVIATION.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the impact of Clinical Officer (C.O) Anaesthetist Training programme at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) Nakuru, on Trainee satisfaction, quality of practice and cadre shortfall alleviation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional descriptive study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Kenya Medical Training College, Nakuru.
  
  
  METHODS
  All thirty one Clinical Officer Anaesthetist graduates from KMTC Nakuru, since the training programme started 8 years ago.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty nine of the 31 C.O Anaesthetist graduates responded. Twenty six of the 29 respondents (89.7%) passed in the final qualifying examination in the first sitting. Twenty one (72.4%) are working in Public health facilities. All graduates are distributed in 16 out of the 47 counties in Kenya. Twenty six (89.7%) are satisfied with the training. Their average working week is 54 hours, with a median of 45 working hours a week. They recommend an improvement in peripheral nerve blocks and epidural training in the 2005 curriculum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  C.O Anaesthetist training in KMTC Nakuru over the last eight years has produced self reported satisfied, adequately trained graduates and has had an impact in alleviating shortage of this cadre in Kenya. Improvement in peripheral nerve blocks and epidural training is needed.
authors: Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital, Nakuru, Kenya.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Nyamai
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Ng'ang'a
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Mutisya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000379:methods; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003479:Curriculum; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods; D010549:Personal Satisfaction