Reducing maternal mortality on a countrywide scale: The role of emergency obstetric training

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1102-1118

  Moran, Neil F ^a,b,c   Naidoo, Mergan ^d   Moodley, Jagidesa ^c,d  

^a KwaZulu Natal Department of Health   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c South African National Committee for Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

clinical leadership; confidential enquiry; ESMOE; maternal mortality; simulation training; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLEGE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; NURSE; NURSING; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; SIMULATION TRAINING; SKILL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICAN; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WORKSHOP; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IN SERVICE TRAINING; NURSING EDUCATION; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SIMULATION TRAINING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84941254413     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: 15321932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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