The contribution of non-physician clinicians to the provision of surgery in rural Zambia—a randomised controlled trial

Volume: 17, Issue: 1
Published: Jul 22, 2019
Abstract
The global shortage of surgeons disproportionately impacts low- and middle-income countries. To mitigate this, Zambia introduced a ‘task-shifting’ solution and started to train non-physician clinicians (NPCs) called medical licentiates (ML) to perform surgery. The aim of this randomised controlled trial was to assess their contribution to the delivery of surgical care in rural hospitals in Zambia. Sixteen hospitals were randomly assigned to...
Paper Details
Title
The contribution of non-physician clinicians to the provision of surgery in rural Zambia—a randomised controlled trial
Published Date
Jul 22, 2019
Volume
17
Issue
1
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