Self-perceived preparedness and training needs of healthcare personnel on humanitarian mission: a pre- and post-deployment survey

Table 3 Topics requested for additional training and underlying reasons, stratified by profession

	Topic	Requested (N, %)^a
Surgeons (N = 42)
1	Neurosurgery	21 (50.0%)
2	Maxillofacial surgery	20 (47.6%)
3	Plastic (reconstructive) surgery	20 (47.6%)
4	Sonography/ultrasound skills	17 (40.5%)
5	Vascular surgery	16 (38.1%)
	No need/none^b	1 (2.4%)
Anesthesiologists (N = 25)
1	Sonography/ultrasound skills	10 (40.0%)
2	Tropical diseases	6 (24.0%)
3	Triage skills	5 (20.0%)
4	Antibiotic management	4 (16.0%)
5	Intensive care	4 (16.0%)
	No need/none^b	1 (4.0%)
Nurses (N = 40)
1	Triage and mass casualty management	14 (35.0%)
2	Burns patients	11 (27.5%)
3	New-born non-communicable disease management	11 (27.5%)
4	Tropical disease management	9 (22.5%)
5	Paediatric patients	8 (20.0%)
	Intensive care	8 (20.0%)
	Wound care	8 (20.0%)
	No need/none^b	1 (2.5%)

^aMissing: surgeons 3 (7.1%); anaesthesiologists 7 (28.0%); nurses 18 (45.0%)
^bMissing ‘no need for training’: surgeons 2 (4.8%); anaesthesiologists 6 (24.0%); nurses 17 (42.5%)

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