Core competencies in critical care for general medical practitioners in South Africa : a Delphi study
Loading...
Date
Authors
Maasdorp, S.D.
Paruk, Fathima
De Vasconcellos, K.
Grion, C.
Joubert, I.
Joynt, G.M.
Kalafatis, N.
Lapinsky, S.E.
Lipman, J.
Malbrain, M.L.N.G.
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Health and Medical Publishing Group
Abstract
BACKGROUND : Despite a high burden of disease that requires critical care services, there are a limited number of intensivists in South Africa (SA).
Medical practitioners at district and regional public sector hospitals frequently manage critically ill patients in the absence of intensivists, despite
these medical practitioners having had minimal exposure to critical care during their undergraduate training.
OBJECTIVES : To identify core competencies in critical care for medical practitioners who provide critical care services at public sector hospitals in
SA where intensivists are not available to direct patient management.
METHODS : A preliminary list of core competencies in critical care was compiled. Thereafter, 13 national and international experts were requested to
achieve consensus on a final list of core competencies that are required for critical care by medical practitioners, using a modified Delphi process.
RESULTS : A final list of 153 core competencies in critical care was identified.
CONCLUSION: The core competencies identified by this study could assist in developing training programmes for medical practitioners to improve
the quality of critical care services provided at district and regional hospitals in SA.
Description
Keywords
Core competencies, Medical practitioners, Critical care services, South Africa (SA), Intensivists, District hospitals, Regional hospitals, Delphi study
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG-04:Quality Education
Citation
Maasdorp, S.D., Paruk, F., De Vasconcellos, K. et al. 2023, 'Core competencies in critical care for general medical practitioners in South Africa: a Delphi study', Southern African Journal of Critical Care, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 67-74. https://DOI.org/10.7196/SAJCC.2023.v39i3.1261.