General Surgery Residency Training in Low Income Countries

Surgical Residency Training Program in Somalia: Outcomes of 7 Years

The general surgery residency program was initiated in 2013 between Istanbul Medeniyet University and Benadir University. A formal training program was established that covered 3-year theoretical and practical training that would form the structure of academic, clinical and technical criteria by evaluating all the requirements of the surgical residency training. A resident logbook was prepared to track exam results, practices, knowledge and skill status that the residents achieved in the training process. Candidates who graduated from medical school and were successful in the multiple-choice exam consisting of basic and clinical sciences were accepted to the program each year in different numbers according to the capacity. From the initiation, 16 surgeons -9 in 2016, 3 in 2017 and 4 in 2018- graduated from the program. This study was designed after the last resident group graduated and worked as an attending surgeon at least for a year.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Global Surgery
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Outcome

Detailed Description

The data were collected from graduates who were working as surgeons in Somalia to reveal the features and numbers of elective, emergency, trauma, and non-general surgical interventions performed in a month. A questionnaire consisting of pathology, type and numbers of interventions performed in one month by graduate surgeons (GS), including general surgery and other specialties, was prepared.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 14

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Kadikoy
    • Istanbul, Kadikoy, Turkey, 34722
      • Istanbul Medeniyet University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

14 general surgeon who completed the program

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. surgeons who completed program
2. surgerons who currently working as an attending physician in Somalia

Exclusion Criteria:

1. surgeons who has not completed program
2. surgeons who did not completed the questionare

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
number of surgical interventions in one month	quantitative	1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Istanbul Medeniyet University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 1, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): January 31, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 24, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 24, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): December 30, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 31, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 29, 2020
• Last Verified: December 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: SomaliaResidency

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No