Analysis on external competency assessment for malaria microscopists in China

Malaria Journal

Table 4 Competency results of 36 participants in WHO-ECAMM courses

Courses	Codes	Course of Sep 2017							Codes	Course of Mar 2018							Codes	Course of Nov 2018
		PD (%)		SI (%)^b		PC (%)^b		CL		PD (%)		SI (%)^b		PC (%)		CL		PD (%)^b		SI (%)^a		PC (%)		CL
		Pre	Fin	Pre	Fin	Pre	Fin	CL		Pre	Fin	Pre	Fin	Pre	Fin	CL		Pre	Fin	Pre	Fin	Pre	Fin	CL
Competency results	1	100	100	73	95	40	71	1	12	100	100	100	98	60	50	1	22	75	100	69	92	60	36	3
	2	100	95	92	88	0	71	2	13	100	95	92	93	40	43	2	13	100	100	85	94	60	36	3
	3	100	100	88	82	60	43	2	14	88	100	81	100	60	29	4	23	100	100	77	96	20	50	1
	4	100	95	77	86	20	43	2	N	100	100	73	85	20	50	2	24	88	100	88	100	20	57	1
	5	100	95	77	89	40	36	3	15	88	100	85	88	20	64	2	25	100	100	92	94	60	57	1
	N	88	95	81	92	40	36	3	16	88	100	81	94	40	64	1	26	88	100	73	98	60	71	1
	6	100	100	81	81	0	14	4	17	100	100	96	93	40	64	1	27	88	100	92	96	80	57	1
	7	100	91	73	96	40	50	1	N	100	100	92	100	40	86	1	28	88	100	77	96	20	50	1
	8	88	100	19	73	20	21	4	18	100	100	100	94	40	64	1	29	100	100	96	93	20	50	1
	9	100	100	77	86	0	43	2	19	100	100	85	92	60	71	1	30	100	86	31	82	20	36	3
	10	100	100	65	76	20	57	3	20	100	100	85	94	80	43	2	31	88	100	88	98	80	50	1
	11	100	95	54	74	20	21	4	21	100	100	73	98	40	43	2	N	88	95	92	92	60	57	1
Average		98	97	71	85	25	42	–		97	100	87	94	45	56	–		92	98	80	94	47	50	–
95% confidence interval
Lower		95	95	59	80	13	31	–		94	99	81	91	34	46	–		87	96	69	91	31	43	–
Upper		101	99	84	90	37	54	–		100	101	93	97	56	66	–		97	101	91	97	62	57	–

PD, participants’ scores or accuracy (%) for parasite detection; SI, participants’ scores or accuracy (%) for species identification; PC, participants’ scores or accuracy (%) for parasite counting; Pre, pre assessment; Fin, final assessment; CL, competency levels; Codes, each code represent one province; N, National Institute of Parasitic diseases
^aThe scores increasing great significantly from pre-assessment to final assessment, P ≤ 0.01
^bThe scores increasing significantly from pre-assessment to final assessment, 0.01 < P < 0.05

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