Table 6 Needs for different medical specialists, adapted from the National Health Sector Strategic Plan 2010–2015 [38]
From: Specialist training aspirations of junior doctors in Sierra Leone: a qualitative follow-up study
Specialty | Specialist gap (No. needed) |
|---|---|
Family Medicine / General Practice | 35 |
Radiology | 29 |
Paediatrics | 28 |
Internal medicine (Physician Specialists) | 21 |
Obs/gyn | 21 |
Ophthalmology | 21 |
Psychiatry | 12 |
Anaesthesiology | 11 |
Gastroenterology | 8 |
Nephrology | 8 |
Neurology | 8 |
Neurosurgery | 8 |
Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) | 7 |