From: Scaling up pediatric nurse specialist education in Ghana – a longitudinal, mixed methods evaluation
Evaluation Objective 1: program outcomes | ||||||||||
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Evaluation objective 2: reintegration into the health system | Evaluation objective 3: satisfaction with training | |||||||||
Cohorts | Knowledge Pre-Test & Confidence Survey (5-point Likert scale) | Objective Structured Clinical Examination (5-point scale) | Focus Groups | Reintegration Survey | Course Evaluation Surveys (5-point Likert scale) | Focus Groups | ||||
Baseline | Graduation | Baseline | Graduation | 14 months post-graduation | Graduation | 14 months post-graduation | 14 months post-graduation | Graduation | Graduation | |
Accra C1 | X | X | X | X | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Tamale C1 | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Kumasi C1 | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Accra C2 | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Tamale C2 | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Kumasi C2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | NYA | X | NYA | NYA | ✓ | X |
Accra C3 | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | NYA | ✓ | NYA | NYA | ✓ | ✓ |
Tamale C3 | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | NYA | ✓ | NYA | NYA | ✓ | ✓ |