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To assess clinicians' and health facility managers' views on the feasibility and utility of surgical task shifting to address shortages of surgical specialists.

August 1, 2013BMC Health Services ResearchOpen Access

Use of surgical task shifting to scale up essential surgical services: a feasibility analysis at facility level in Uganda

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MGMoses GalukandeMakerere University SKSam KaggwaMulago Hospital PSPatrick SekimpiMakerere University

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Mixed-methods study demonstrates broad support for surgical task shifting among healthcare personnel, highlighting the need for regulatory frameworks.

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To assess clinicians' and health facility managers' views on the feasibility and utility of surgical task shifting to address shortages of surgical specialists.
Conducted 37 in-depth key informant interviews and 24 focus group discussions involving 80 healthcare managers and frontline workers across 24 facilities in 15 districts in Uganda.
Gathered descriptive facility metrics, including operating room log sheets, to analyze surgical workload, basic infrastructure, and clinical training capacity.
Most healthcare managers and health workers supported surgical task shifting as a necessary response to human resource shortages, with informal practice already occurring in some facilities.
Health personnel expressed significant hesitation toward formal adoption without regulatory policies, warning of risks to care quality and unregulated practice.
Evaluated facilities possessed sufficient patient caseloads and foundational infrastructure to support practical clinical training for task shifting.

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Galukande et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a77a4a2d2fa2470761efd03 https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-292

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Mixed-methods study demonstrates broad support for surgical task shifting among healthcare personnel, highlighting the need for regulatory frameworks.

Use of surgical task shifting to scale up essential surgical services: a feasibility analysis at facility level in Uganda

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Use of surgical task shifting to scale up essential surgical services: a feasibility analysis at facility level in Uganda

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