Respiratory physiology training in Tanzania: Need to focus on primary respiratory care.
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2011-05
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Journal of Physiology and Pathophysiology
Abstract
Effective management of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by General Practitioners
is likely to be compromised by respiratory physiology training that has main focus on acute
respiratory diseases with high mortality and little focus on empowering medical and nursing
students and practitioners on respiratory care. Results of this study indicate that lack of
responsiveness of respiratory physiology courses for undergraduate and postgraduate and lack of
structured in-service training programmes on respiratory care and inadequate training facilities for
lung function assessment are key challenges to the medical schools. It is concluded that concerted
effort is required through global partnership to enhance training and re-training of general
practitioners and nurses on primary respiratory care and making accessible relevant resources
needed for building competencies in lung function assessment and interpretation of results.
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Respiratory care, Respiratory care practitioners, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Citation
Mashalla, Y., Massele, A., Njelekela, M. and Mamuya, S., 2011. Respiratory physiology training in Tanzania: Need to focus on primary respiratory care. Journal of Physiology and Pathophysiology, 2(2), pp.25-28.