提高医生科学家在地理信息系统方面的技能:来自互动研讨会的见解
Muktar H Aliyu1, Ibraheem M Karaye2,3, Chelsea van Wyk1
1Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA.
概括
这次地理信息系统 (GIS) 研讨会显著提高了尼日利亚卡诺的医生科学家的技能. 参与者在使用量子GIS (QGIS) 的空间分析和数据绘制方面取得了重大改进.
科学领域:
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 空间流行病学 空间流行病学
- 地理信息系统 (GIS) 是指地理信息系统.
背景情况:
- 地理信息系统 (GIS) 对于分析时空健康数据至关重要.
- 范德比尔特-尼日利亚建设艾滋病毒和非传染性疾病 (V-BRCH) 研究能力计划在尼日利亚卡诺组织了一个GIS研讨会.
- 该研讨会针对了职业生涯早期的医生科学家,以提高他们的GIS专业知识.
研究的目的:
- 评估GIS培训研讨会对医生科学家知识和信心的影响.
- 评估量子GIS (QGIS) 培训对健康数据分析的有效性.
- 确定在低收入和中等收入国家的GIS能力建设倡议中需要改进的领域.
主要方法:
- 为期一周的互动研讨会为33名科学家医生进行.
- 培训涵盖了GIS核心能力,包括软件选择,数据可视化和使用QGIS进行空间分析.
- 研讨会前后的调查测量了知识和信心水平的变化.
主要成果:
- 在所有地理信息系统主题的自我报告知识中观察到显著的改善.
- 在地理编码健康数据 (149%) 和使用QGIS (135%) 方面,获得的知识增长最大.
- 对导入空间数据 (153%),QGIS导航 (150%) 和绘制公共卫生数据 (150%) 的信心增长最多.
结论:
- 地理信息系统培训有效地提高了医生科学家的知识和技能.
- 研讨会展示了QGIS在资源有限的环境中用于健康数据分析的价值.
- 建议包括更长的培训时间,当地数据的使用,以及为未来的研讨会增强的视觉辅助工具.
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