Thomas Ashley
Biographic Data
| ID | 4803514 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Ashley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Ashley |
| SIGNATURE | ASHLEY T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sierra Leone |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7319-8829 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Surgical task-sharing in Sierra Leone
BACKGROUND: To mitigate the critical surgeon shortage in Sierra Leone, a surgical training programme was launched in 2011, training associate alinicians in surgery and obstetrics through task-sharing. While graduates of this programme now perform most surgeries outside the capital, they continue to face significant barriers to integration within the national health system. METHODS: We conducted 22 semi-structured interviews with surgical provider…
The impact of surgical task-sharing in Sierra Leone
BACKGROUND: A surgical task-sharing programme was initiated by the Sierra Leonean Ministry of Health in 2011 to enhance public surgical capacity and equalise access between urban and rural populations by redistributing surgical tasks within a limited healthcare workforce. METHODS: This longitudinal nationwide study, involving all healthcare facilities with an operating theatre in Sierra Leone, analysed changes in volume and population rates of su…
Economic evaluation of expanding inguinal hernia repair among adult males in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone faces a substantial backlog of patients with inguinal hernia in need of repair due to a shortage of surgical providers. The current mitigation strategy includes task-sharing with associate clinicians and non-specialist medical doctors, and the economic impact of this approach needs assessment for potential scale-up. This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of open mesh repair of inguinal hernias by associate clinicians and n…
Congress and New Towns
(Springfield, Va.: National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1971); Evans Clinchy, Schools? A Memorandum on the State of the Art of Educational Planning for Communities in the United States, Working Paper No. 1 (New York: Educational Facilities Laboratories, Inc., 1972); and Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Governance of Towns: Laboratories for Democracy, background paper by Royce Hanson (New York: The Fund, 1971). …
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Congress and New Towns
(Springfield, Va.: National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1971); Evans Clinchy, Schools? A Memorandum on the State of the Art of Educational Planning for Communities in the United States, Working Paper No. 1 (New York: Educational Facilities Laboratories, Inc., 1972); and Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Governance of Towns: Laboratories for Democracy, background paper by Royce Hanson (New York: The Fund, 1971). …
Economic evaluation of expanding inguinal hernia repair among adult males in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone faces a substantial backlog of patients with inguinal hernia in need of repair due to a shortage of surgical providers. The current mitigation strategy includes task-sharing with associate clinicians and non-specialist medical doctors, and the economic impact of this approach needs assessment for potential scale-up. This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of open mesh repair of inguinal hernias by associate clinicians and n…
Surgical task-sharing in Sierra Leone
BACKGROUND: To mitigate the critical surgeon shortage in Sierra Leone, a surgical training programme was launched in 2011, training associate alinicians in surgery and obstetrics through task-sharing. While graduates of this programme now perform most surgeries outside the capital, they continue to face significant barriers to integration within the national health system. METHODS: We conducted 22 semi-structured interviews with surgical provider…
The impact of surgical task-sharing in Sierra Leone
BACKGROUND: A surgical task-sharing programme was initiated by the Sierra Leonean Ministry of Health in 2011 to enhance public surgical capacity and equalise access between urban and rural populations by redistributing surgical tasks within a limited healthcare workforce. METHODS: This longitudinal nationwide study, involving all healthcare facilities with an operating theatre in Sierra Leone, analysed changes in volume and population rates of su…
Medicine (3 works) · Sierra leone (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Global Health and Surgery (2 works) · Global Health Workforce Issues (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Political science (2 works)