A randomized control trial of an enhanced supervision programme for eye care in three sub-Saharan African countries, including Tanzania, found only modest improvements in the skills and knowledge of health workers receiving enhanced supervision, with authors concluding that the lack of programme impact may be linked to poor health system functioning and high staff turnover [ 32].
No differences were observed in the other 15 core communication skills, although there was a trend for improvement in the skill for asking the patient's ideas about the illness or problems (60% vs. 40%, p =.054) and one of the relationship building skills; being attentive and empathic nonverbally (87% vs. 72%, p =.064).
Meanwhile, surveys of employers have uncovered industry demand for changes to university programmes, identifying areas for improvement in the skills and knowledge of economics graduates.
An improvement in the skills of SBCC practitioners in both these areas is required.
As shown in Table 2, at the assessment after education, both groups showed significant improvement in the skills to use the diagnostic classification system.
Improvement in the skills and knowledge of the physicians who will participate in the training course will be evaluated in a randomised controlled trial.
Investigators who studied the learning curve with the technique [ 7, 8] noted a dramatic improvement in the skills of untrained operators after performing only 10 or 12 probe placements.
It is predicted that children's social communicative ability will increase over time, that social communicative skills may be better in music therapy conditions than in the standard care condition, and that more frequent music therapy may intensify the improvement in the skills assessed.
Control group (56 students) Significant improvement in the skills of measuring arterial blood pressure and preparing a blood film for malaria among the implementation group after the one month training for family medicine at the PHCC were also observed (Tables 9 and 10).
I think he's doing a reasonably good job and you do see improvements in the individual skills of the players and certainly in their collective skills.
