Confidence in Procedural Skills before and after a Two-Year Master’s Programme in Family Medicine in Gezira State, Sudan

Table 2

Changes in the numbers and percentages of the master’s programme candidates who were “unable” or “uncertain” when performing certain skills before and after the GFMP, Gezira state, Sudan ().

Sequence by change percentage	Skills	Unable or uncertain
		Before ()	After ()	Change ()	Change (%)
(1)	Visual acuity	46	3	43	93
(2)	ECG interpretation	41	5	36	88
(3)	Management of major depression	64	13	51	80
(4)	ECG taking	61	13	48	79
(5)	Glucose measurement	57	13	44	77
(6)	Eye fundoscopy	68	16	52	76
(7)	Acute psychosis	48	12	36	75
(8)	Haemoglobin measurement	44	11	33	75
(9)	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation	20	5	15	75
(10)	Diagnosis of hearing loss	38	10	28	73
(11)	Eye foreign body removal	53	14	39	74
(12)	Chest X-ray in infections	25	7	18	72
(13)	Urine analysis	59	18	41	69
(14)	Taking cervical smear	41	14	27	65
(15)	IUCD insertion	51	18	33	65
(16)	Blood film for malaria	32	13	19	59
(17)	Management of iridocyclitis	61	30	31	51
(18)	Caesarean section operation	25	14	11	44
(19)	Appendectomy operation	31	19	12	39
(20)	Acute abdomen operation	63	40	23	37
(21)	Stabilization of major fractures	39	25	14	36
(22)	Thoracal drainage	52	35	17	33
(23)	Cholesteatoma operation	75	52	23	31