Background: Across low and middle-income countries, shortages of essential equipment, supplies, and human resources in health training institutions pose a problem to educational program delivery. With the rapid expansion of anesthesia training programs to address the shortages in anesthesia workforce, the need for educational resources has also grown. This study sought to evaluate the availability of educational resources within anesthesia degree programs in Ethiopia.
Methods: Utilizing the Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency of Ethiopia standards, a questionnaire survey was designed and distributed to schools of anesthesia in the Amhara region. A total of 96 standard indicators were used to assess the attainment of preservice educational resources for non-physician anesthesia degree programs, of which 71 (74%) were basic standards and 25 (26%) were standards for quality improvement.
Results: Two of the six institutions delivering anesthesia training in the Amhara region responded to the questionnaire. Neither the basic nor the quality improvement standard requirements for educational resources were completely achieved in any category of classrooms, offices, skills laboratory, clinical practice site, information technology facilities, library, student amenities, or financial resource. The target achievement rate was 50% or below in all but one category (clinical practice site).
Conclusion: Educational resources for responding preservice anesthesia training programs in the Amhara region of Ethiopia are inadequate and below the required national standards. Expansion of anesthesia training programs should be accompanied by the necessary resources for high quality program delivery and to ensure quantity does not compromise on quality.



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埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉地区职前麻醉培训计划的教育资源

背景：在低收入和中等收入国家，卫生培训机构的基本设备、用品和人力资源短缺给教育项目的实施带来了问题。随着麻醉培训计划的迅速扩大，以解决麻醉劳动力短缺的问题，对教育资源的需求也在增长。本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚麻醉学位课程中教育资源的可用性。
方法：利用埃塞俄比亚高等教育相关性和质量机构的标准，设计了一份问卷调查并分发给阿姆哈拉地区的麻醉学校。共有96项标准指标用于评估非医师麻醉学位项目职前教育资源的获得情况，其中71项（74%）为基础标准，25项（26%）为质量提升标准。
结果：在阿姆哈拉地区提供麻醉培训的六家机构中，有两家对问卷做出了回应。在任何类别的教室、办公室、技能实验室、临床实践场所、信息技术设施、图书馆、学生设施或财务资源中，教育资源的基本要求和质量改进标准要求均未完全达到。除一个类别（临床实践站点）外，其他所有类别的目标达成率均在 50% 或以下。
结论：埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉地区用于响应职前麻醉培训计划的教育资源不足，并且低于所需的国家标准。麻醉培训计划的扩展应伴随着高质量计划交付的必要资源，并确保数量不会影响质量。