Challenges, Educational Opportunities and Barriers Faced by E.R. Board Residents During Previous Hajj Rotations

Ahmed Shammah

doi:10.15344/2456-3498/2018/135

Abstract

Objectives: The prominence of using preventive health measures allowed medical residents to enhance the awareness about barriers and challenges during Hajj pilgrimage. Hajj pilgrimage usually comprises of assorted risk factors and infections that reveal the paucity of intervention programs. To examine the challenges, educational opportunities, and barriers experienced by emergency residents during Hajj rotations. Methods: The study has employed cross-sectional and quantitative approach to examine the challenges and educational awareness among emergency residents in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in the year 2015. Participants were asked about the best recommended factors. Statistical package for social sciences [SPSS] was used to analyse the data. Frequencies were selected to analyse the obtained responses. Results: Findings have asserted mixed responses toward the challenges and educational awareness among medical residents. 80% of the respondents possessed highest level of training to meet the educational goals. Moreover, majority of the residents have also stated that they were keen to start Hajj rotation. Negative responses were indicated for objectives and clinical duties by 76% residents. Responses about patients’ volume and varieties were shown positively by 83% residents. Conclusion: Saudi government should focus on these challenges and barriers to enhance the assurance level of educational programs among emergency residents.

Highlights

Hajj is a unique event, which requires different researches and planers to meet the standard requirement for maintaining healthy gathering related to standard medical management
The study has employed cross-sectional approach, and interviews have been conducted with the groups of residents, who worked during Hajj pilgrimage in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in the year 2015
The mixed responses were obtained from the Hajj emergency residents

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Introduction

Hajj is a unique event, which requires different researches and planers to meet the standard requirement for maintaining healthy gathering related to standard medical management. Barriers and challenges, concerning the religious tourism of Hajj and Umrah in Saudi Arabia, are needed to be recognized. There is an imperative requirement of structured portfolio for every specialty. It is a great area of improvement in the outcome of training with any planned effort prior to Hajj that has a major impact on Pilgrims’ health. There are many health risk factors, concerning the disasters during Hajj according to early years, which made the management alert to predict the adverse situation and control them [2]

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