Orthopaedic clinical officer program in Malawi: a model for providing orthopaedic care.
Malawi has a population of about 13 million people, 85% of whom live in rural areas. The gross national income per capita is US$620, with 42% of the people living on less than US$1 per day. The government per capita expenditure on health is US$5. Malawi has 266 doctors, of whom only nine are orthopa...
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| description | Malawi has a population of about 13 million people, 85% of whom live in rural areas. The gross national income per capita is US$620, with 42% of the people living on less than US$1 per day. The government per capita expenditure on health is US$5. Malawi has 266 doctors, of whom only nine are orthopaedic surgeons. To address the severe shortage of doctors, Malawi relies heavily on paramedical officers to provide the bulk of healthcare. Specialized orthopaedic clinical officers have been trained since 1985 and are deployed primarily in rural district hospitals to manage 80% to 90% of the orthopaedic workload in Malawi. They are trained in conservative management of most common traumatic and nontraumatic musculoskeletal conditions. Since the program began, 117 orthopaedic clinical officers have been trained, of whom 82 are in clinical practice. In 2002, Malawi began a local orthopaedic postgraduate program with an intake of one to two candidates per year. However, orthopaedic clinical officers will continue to be needed for the foreseeable future. Orthopaedic clinical officer training is a cost-effective way of providing trained healthcare workers to meet the orthopaedic needs of a country with very few doctors and even fewer orthopaedic surgeons. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:345e59af-a322-40b7-b427-2947d573304f2022-03-26T13:25:30ZOrthopaedic clinical officer program in Malawi: a model for providing orthopaedic care.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:345e59af-a322-40b7-b427-2947d573304fEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Mkandawire, NNgulube, CLavy, CMalawi has a population of about 13 million people, 85% of whom live in rural areas. The gross national income per capita is US$620, with 42% of the people living on less than US$1 per day. The government per capita expenditure on health is US$5. Malawi has 266 doctors, of whom only nine are orthopaedic surgeons. To address the severe shortage of doctors, Malawi relies heavily on paramedical officers to provide the bulk of healthcare. Specialized orthopaedic clinical officers have been trained since 1985 and are deployed primarily in rural district hospitals to manage 80% to 90% of the orthopaedic workload in Malawi. They are trained in conservative management of most common traumatic and nontraumatic musculoskeletal conditions. Since the program began, 117 orthopaedic clinical officers have been trained, of whom 82 are in clinical practice. In 2002, Malawi began a local orthopaedic postgraduate program with an intake of one to two candidates per year. However, orthopaedic clinical officers will continue to be needed for the foreseeable future. Orthopaedic clinical officer training is a cost-effective way of providing trained healthcare workers to meet the orthopaedic needs of a country with very few doctors and even fewer orthopaedic surgeons. |
| spellingShingle | Mkandawire, N Ngulube, C Lavy, C Orthopaedic clinical officer program in Malawi: a model for providing orthopaedic care. |
| title | Orthopaedic clinical officer program in Malawi: a model for providing orthopaedic care. |
| title_full | Orthopaedic clinical officer program in Malawi: a model for providing orthopaedic care. |
| title_fullStr | Orthopaedic clinical officer program in Malawi: a model for providing orthopaedic care. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Orthopaedic clinical officer program in Malawi: a model for providing orthopaedic care. |
| title_short | Orthopaedic clinical officer program in Malawi: a model for providing orthopaedic care. |
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