Fentahun Netsanet, Molla Ashagre
Department of Health Education and Behavioral Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Adv Med Educ Pract. 2012 Sep 18;3:89-96. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S35289. Print 2012.
An effectively prepared and continually updated workforce of health professionals is essential to maintenance and improvement in patient care. The major goal of continuing education is to improve and promote quality care. Continuing education is also important to an organization's strategic plan because of its positive influence on the quality of care provided. The purpose of this study was to identify the determinants of and opportunities for continuing education among health care professionals at public health facilities in Jimma township.
A cross-sectional study of 319 health care professionals working in the public health facilities of Jimma township was conducted from January 10, 2012 to February 28, 2012. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. First, descriptive analysis was done to describe the characteristics of the study participants. Finally logistic regression was then used to determine the independent predictors of continuing education.
Only 70 (25%) of the study participants were participating in continuing education. As working experience increased, participation in continuing education did not steadily increase. The working hours per week were higher for diploma holders than for those with any other qualification. One hundred and fifty-three (71.8%) participants mentioned lack of support from their current employer as the reason for not participating in continuing education. Health care professionals with a lack of support from management were 2.4 times more likely not to participate in advanced education. Health care professionals with lack of funding were 0.3 times less likely to participate in advanced education. Health care professionals with lack of resources other than financial were 2.2 times more likely not to participate in advanced education.
Participation of health care professionals in continuing education is low in Jimma township. The hospital management and town health office should support health care professionals in pursuing advanced education.
一支经过有效培养且不断更新的卫生专业人员队伍对于维持和改善患者护理至关重要。继续教育的主要目标是提高和促进优质护理。继续教育对组织的战略计划也很重要，因为它对所提供护理的质量有积极影响。本研究的目的是确定吉姆马镇公共卫生机构中卫生保健专业人员继续教育的决定因素和机会。
2012年1月10日至2012年2月28日，对吉姆马镇公共卫生机构工作的319名卫生保健专业人员进行了横断面研究。使用自填式问卷收集数据。首先，进行描述性分析以描述研究参与者的特征。最后，使用逻辑回归来确定继续教育的独立预测因素。
只有70名（25%）研究参与者参加了继续教育。随着工作经验的增加，参加继续教育的人数并未稳步增加。文凭持有者每周的工作时间比其他任何学历的人都要长。153名（71.8%）参与者提到目前雇主缺乏支持是未参加继续教育的原因。缺乏管理层支持的卫生保健专业人员不参加高等教育的可能性高2.4倍。缺乏资金的卫生保健专业人员参加高等教育的可能性低0.3倍。除资金外缺乏其他资源的卫生保健专业人员不参加高等教育的可能性高2.2倍。
吉姆马镇卫生保健专业人员参加继续教育的比例较低。医院管理层和镇卫生办公室应支持卫生保健专业人员接受高等教育。
