Table 2 Proportions of house and medical officers who reported self-confidence of 1 or 2 out of 5 points
Conditions or procedures | Confidence ≤ 2 points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall (n = 310) | Trained at teaching hospitals (n = 145) | Trained at regional/other-level hospitals (n = 165) | p-value (Teaching vs. regional/other-level hospitals) | |
Blood transfusion | 18 (5.8%) | 10 (6.9%) | 8 (4.8%) | 0.474 |
Anaemia | 23 (7.4%) | 12 (8.3%) | 11 (6.7%) | 0.666 |
Pre and postoperative care | 33 (10.6%) | 16 (11.0%) | 17 (10.3%) | 0.856 |
Application of Plaster of Paris | 45 (14.5%) | 25 (17.2%) | 20 (12.1%) | 0.258 |
Appendicitis | 33 (10.6%) | 16 (11.0%) | 17 (10.3%) | 0.856 |
Preparation for and test for fitness for surgery | 49 (15.8%) | 25 (17.2%) | 24 (14.5%) | 0.536 |
Wounds | 41 (13.2%) | 24 (16.6%) | 17 (10.3%) | 0.130 |
Fluid and electrolyte therapy | 41 (13.2%) | 22 (15.2%) | 19 (11.5%) | 0.402 |
Retention of urine, including BPH/prostate cancer and urethral stricture | 48 (15.5%) | 22 (15.2%) | 26 (15.8%) | > 0.999 |
Surgical infections | 38 (12.3%) | 19 (13.1%) | 19 (11.5%) | 0.730 |
Intestinal obstruction | 42 (13.5%) | 21 (14.5%) | 21 (12.7%) | 0.740 |
Acute abdomen | 39 (12.6%) | 22 (15.2%) | 17 (10.3%) | 0.231 |
Fracture management | 44 (14.2%) | 22 (15.2%) | 22 (13.3%) | 0.745 |
The injured patient | 43 (13.9%) | 26 (17.9%) | 17 (10.3%) | 0.069 |
Inguinoscrotal hernia | 49 (15.8%) | 29 (20.0%) | 20 (12.1%) | 0.063 |
Shock | 45 (14.5%) | 24 (16.6%) | 21 (12.7%) | 0.419 |
Peptic ulcer disease and complications | 52 (16.8%) | 28 (19.3%) | 24 (14.5%) | 0.288 |
Diabetes and its complications | 61 (19.7%) | 37 (25.5%) | 24 (14.5%) | 0.021 |
Haematuria | 64 (20.6%) | 33 (22.8%) | 31 (18.8%) | 0.402 |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | 67 (21.6%) | 36 (24.8%) | 31 (18.8%) | 0.215 |
Head injuries | 79 (25.5%) | 47 (32.4%) | 32 (19.4%) | 0.009 |
Burns | 81 (26.1%) | 44 (30.3%) | 37 (22.4%) | 0.122 |
Typhoid | 72 (23.2%) | 32 (22.1%) | 40 (24.2%) | 0.687 |
Nutrition in surgery | 74 (23.9%) | 34 (23.4%) | 40 (24.2%) | 0.894 |
Acute renal failure | 80 (25.8%) | 38 (26.2%) | 42 (25.5%) | 0.897 |
Breast cancer | 96 (31.0%) | 42 (29.0%) | 54 (32.7%) | 0.538 |
Jaundice | 102 (32.9%) | 50 (34.5%) | 52 (31.5%) | 0.629 |
Hand infections | 119 (38.4%) | 69 (47.6%) | 50 (30.3%) | 0.002 |
Chest injuries | 122 (39.4%) | 60 (41.4%) | 62 (37.6%) | 0.560 |
Peripheral vascular disease | 135 (43.5%) | 65 (44.8%) | 70 (42.4%) | 0.731 |
Gastric cancer | 151 (48.7%) | 67 (46.2%) | 84 (50.9%) | 0.427 |
Portal hypertension | 169 (54.5%) | 74 (51.0%) | 95 (57.6%) | 0.256 |
Colorectal cancer | 163 (52.6%) | 80 (55.2%) | 83 (50.3%) | 0.426 |
Cancer chemotherapy/cancer therapy | 175 (56.5%) | 75 (51.7%) | 100 (60.6%) | 0.136 |
Liver tumours | 195 (62.9%) | 90 (62.1%) | 105 (63.6%) | 0.814 |