BACKGROUND Training of healthcare workers can play an important role in improving quality of care, and reducing maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of training programmes aimed at improving emergency obstetric care in low-resource environments. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched Pubmed, Embase, Popline and selected websites, and manually searched ...

The European training syllabus in paediatric respiratory medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1588 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1588 Aims of training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1588 Training programme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1589 The trainee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1591 Training centres/tuto...

Nursing is a dynamic profession that is subject to rapid changes in health care provision, hence the need for in-service training programmes for nurses. Newly employed registered nurses require in-service training in order to update them regarding the latest developments in nursing practice. The researcher noted that some newly appointed registered nurses were not competent in all aspects relat...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the relationship between training programmes for pandemic flu and level of knowledge of health-care professionals with performance in an avian flu exercise. METHODS Training programmes of all general hospitals in Israel for managing a pandemic influenza were evaluated. Spearman's ρ correlation was used to analyse the relationship between training scores and ...

BACKGROUND Players are the targeted end-users and beneficiaries of exercise-training programmes implemented during coach-led training sessions, and the success of programmes depends upon their active participation. Two variants of an exercise-training programme were incorporated into the regular training schedules of 40 community Australian Football teams, over two seasons. One variant replicat...

BACKGROUND Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention programmes have shown mixed results, which may be due to differing emphasis on training components. The purpose of this study was to (1) quantify the overall and relative duration of each training component encompassed within these programmes and (2) examine the effect of these durations on ACL injury rates. METHODS A systematic re...