Teaching Biomedical Statistics to Nurse-Practitioners in Sub-Saharan Africa—The Example of “Intention to Treat” Shows Our Challenges and Dilemmas
Read full paper at： http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50848#.VE3YaFfHRK0 Author(s) Gregor Pollach 1 , Uwe Graf 2 , David Place 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi . 2 Department of Obstetrics, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi . ABSTRACT Introduction: African nurse practitioners experience specific challenges, when faced with complex clinical trials implemented in their country. Method: Teaching challenges for African nurse practitioners were extracted from courses we conducted in Malawi. Participants attending the courses were nurse practitioners at various stage...