Formerly Ibrahim Medical College Journal
Affiliations: Department of Microbiology, Ibrahim Medical College, 1/A Segunbagicha Road, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Affiliations: Department of Internal Medicine, Bangladesh Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Affiliations: Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Secretariat Road, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Affiliations: Department of Microbiology, BIRDEM General Hospital, 122 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbagh, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Affiliations: Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Affiliations: Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), , Dr. Qudrat-i-Khuda Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh
Background and objectives: Despite being a definite endemic zone for melioidosis, very few cases have been reported from Bangladesh. Lack of awareness among clinicians, microbiologists and medical technologists might be a major concern. To combat this, a training workshop was launched to refine diagnostic and management skills among healthcare professionals of Bangladesh.
Materials and methods: Initially, a pre-test was conducted with a questionnaire containing 20 multiple choice questions focusing on epidemiology, diagnosis and management of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection. Following the pre-test, training sessions containing lectures on melioidosis (including video demonstration) were held and at the end of the sessions, assessment of the knowledge was acquired by a post-test with the same questionnaire.
Results: A total of 113 clinicians, microbiologists and medical technologists from 20 public and private medical college and hospitals around Bangladesh participated in pre-test and 87 in post-test after the workshop. Our results documented that the mean percentage of pre-test score was 62.4 ± 22.9 which indicates a considerable gap of knowledge among healthcare professionals regarding melioidosis and B. pseudomallei. The mean percentage of post-test score significantly (p = 0.0001) increased to 79.2 ± 16.5 after the training session.
Conclusion: Awareness and skill development programs could play vital role to reduce the knowledge gaps among health care providers about melioidosis. This will increase the yield of diagnosis of this notorious infection and many lives could be saved.
July 2025; Vol. 19(2):005. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55010/imcjms.19.014
*Correspondence: Sraboni Mazumder, Department of Microbiology, Ibrahim Medical College, 1/A Segunbagicha Road, Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh. E-mail: mazumder.sraboni@gmail.com.
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