CLINICAL SKILLS UPDATE AND MENTORSHIP IN RMNCAH

The African Center for Global Health and Social Transformation(ACHEST) is facilitating hands-on training for health workers in the Teso and Bugisu/Sebei Subregions.
This is part of the work that ACHEST is doing on behalf of the Ministry of Health to implement the Clinical Skills Update and Mentorship in Reproductive, Maternal New Born, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) in eastern Uganda.

Clinical Skills and Mentorship in RMNCAHClinical Skills and Mentorship in RMNCAH

Clinical Skills and Mentorship in RMNCAHClinical Skills and Mentorship in RMNCAHIn consultation with regional mentors identified high-volume, high risk and difficult to reach facilities, eight teams with skills and experience in CEmONC, BEmONC and anesthesia were formed to conduct onsite mentorship of the targeted facilities. This takes place once a month for a period of five days spending an average of two and a half days in a facility. In order for mentorship to have impact, each facility is visited twice in the remaining four months(August – November) in which this work is expected to be completed. During the visit, the mentors interact with the health workers in the facility using interviews, observations, reviewing registers and reports, working together with the staff and in the process identify strengths and gaps. Some gaps are addressed immediately while for others a work plan is agreed with the mentees on when and how they will be addressed.

The overall goal of the project is to end the needless maternal and newborn deaths; and improve the quality of life of the children, adolescents and women in Uganda as stated in the country’s RMNCAH Sharpened Plan.
The general objective is to work with the health professions associations and regional referral hospitals to provide clinical mentorship so as to ensure that health workers clinical skills are improved. In the end this will result in improved quality of health care
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