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. 2023 Sep 14;11:1186307. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1186307

Table 1.

Overview of the PAR workshop.

Overview of the PAR workshop
Day 1 - District hospital teams (i.e., mentees) only Day 2 - All participants Outputs
Introductions, overview of the proposed intervention model and PAR process (setting expectations and clarifying limitations)

Mentee groups by pairs of district hospitals:
Discussion 1: Snapshot of the surgical system in the country
Discussion 2: What supervision and mentoring is happening in hospitals, and explore possibilities

Plenary

Discussion 3: Training (reflection on existing training, and needs and possibilities)
Discussion 4: Detailed planning for the SURG-Africa intervention (developed timetable for 2-day visit)

Plenary
Introductions, the role of supervision, mentoring and training to scale up safe surgery, and recap of previous day’s proceedings

Presentations on DH training, supervision and mentoring needs from the perspective of referral hospitals

Presentations on the role of the supervisory teams

Mentees-mentors and other stakeholder groups split by cadre (surgery/trauma/obstetrics, anesthesia, theater nursing):
Discussion 1: Supervision and mentoring needs and opportunities for DHs
Discussion 2: Training needs and opportunities for DHs

Final discussion (all together) on intervention design

  • Draft action plan/timetable for the visits tailored to each intervention DH

  • Recommendations for the intervention design

  • Identified key contacts at district and referral hospitals, for logistical planning and implementation