COST-Africa data collection and analysis workshop took place from the 3rd to 7th of November, 2014 in Mangochi, Malawi.
BSc in surgery students trained under the COST-Africa project in Malawi were invited to take part in a five day workshop organised by the local researcher and located in Mangochi by the beautiful coast of Lake Malawi. All of the sessions were conducted by COST-Africa researchers: Gerald Mwapasa (COM Malawi), Dennis Cornelissen (RUNMC, Netherlands) and Jakub Gajewski (RCSI, Ireland) with support from Mr Jonathan Waluza (COM, Malawi).
The main scope of the workshop was to present preliminary analysis of surgical data that were collected by the students. The researchers presented trends in surgery for hospitals where the students are completing on the job training under the supervision of their provincial specialist surgeons. Preliminary analysis was presented aiming to improve data quality and to allow the research team to gain insight into the nature of surgery of a district hospital setting in Malawi. Three sessions were dedicated to re-train the participants in using COST-Africa data collection tools. One session was focused on data coding, and one was dedicated to the training of on-line-based data storage and transmission of tools to the researchers. On the last day of the workshop focus-group discussions were held to explore challenges and benefits that the students experience as COST-Africa project participants.
BSc in surgery students trained under the COST-Africa project in Malawi were invited to take part in a five day workshop organised by the local researcher and located in Mangochi by the beautiful coast of Lake Malawi. All of the sessions were conducted by COST-Africa researchers: Gerald Mwapasa (COM Malawi), Dennis Cornelissen (RUNMC, Netherlands) and Jakub Gajewski (RCSI, Ireland) with support from Mr Jonathan Waluza (COM, Malawi).
The main scope of the workshop was to present preliminary analysis of surgical data that were collected by the students. The researchers presented trends in surgery for hospitals where the students are completing on the job training under the supervision of their provincial specialist surgeons. Preliminary analysis was presented aiming to improve data quality and to allow the research team to gain insight into the nature of surgery of a district hospital setting in Malawi. Three sessions were dedicated to re-train the participants in using COST-Africa data collection tools. One session was focused on data coding, and one was dedicated to the training of on-line-based data storage and transmission of tools to the researchers. On the last day of the workshop focus-group discussions were held to explore challenges and benefits that the students experience as COST-Africa project participants.
COST-Africa Mangochi data collection and analysis workshop participants.