Global Surgery
This type of hospital is supposed to do essential and emergency surgery
What is a district hospital?
The capital and largest city of Ireland, known for its rich history, vibrant culture, and the River Liffey
What is Dublin?
The delivery of health care and the exchange of health-care information across distances
What is Telemedicine?
This refers to the ability of a local health system to maintain an intervention over time
What is sustainability?
This occurs when respondents become tired or bored during a survey, leading to lower quality responses or dropout
What is survey fatigue?
The surgical specialist that performs c-sections
What is an obstetrician?
This traditional Irish holiday, celebrated on March 17th, honors the patron saint of Ireland
What is St. Patrick's Day?
The name of the mHealth app that is used in South Africa for patient referrals
What is Vula?
A qualitative method used to contextualize findings
What are qualitative interviews?
This type of question allows respondents to answer in their own words, providing more detailed feedback
What is an open-ended question?
The ideal minimum amount of time to reach a hospital that provides surgical care
What is 2 hours?
The three colors of the Irish flag
What is green, white, and orange?
The name of a the most commonly used messaging app that many doctors use to share patient information
What is WhatsApp?
A term used to describe the expansion of an intervention beyond pilot
What is scalability?
The percentage of people who complete a survey out of the total number contacted
What is a response rate?
The total operations done per population and is a global surgery indicator
What is surgical volume?
This mischievous fairy from Irish folklore is often depicted as a small man dressed in green, known for hiding pots of gold at the end of rainbows
What is a leprechaun?
The name of the act that protects patients identifiable information in South Africa
What is the POPIA act?
This term in implementation research refers to the degree to which an intervention is delivered as intended
What is fidelity?
A tool that is used to measure hospital facility surgical capacity
What is WHO SSAT or PIPES?
The term describing death within 30 days after surgery, a key indicator used to measure surgical safety and outcomes
What is perioperative mortality?
The symbol of Ireland, often associated with good luck, that is featured on the national emblem
What is the shamrock?
Data that accompany and describe the primary data
What is metadata?
The term used to describe whether an intervention works or not (achieves its intended goals)
What is effectiveness?
Piloting your survey ahead of time in order to refine questions to improve response rate
What is pre-testing?