Zarif Sanaiey Nahid, Karamnejad Sahar, Rezaee Rita
Distance Educational Planning, Center of Excellence for e-Learning in Medical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;
Fasa University of Medical Science, Fasa, Iran;
J Adv Med Educ Prof. 2015 Apr;3(2):84-9.
Assessment and prioritization are the first steps of planning. According to the family physician's idea, evaluating programs in order to improve them is one of the necessities of promoting quality and increases the efficiency and effectiveness of continuing education. This study aimed to determine family physicians' educational needs regarding health and its applicability in continuous medical education in Fasa University of Medical Sciences.
In this cross-sectional study, viewpoints of 45 general physicians working at Fasa University of Medical Sciences in 2013 were studied. Samples were selected through census. Data collection was done using a researcher-made questionnaire using 10-point Likert scale and a checklist with Delphi technique. Content validity of the questionnaire and its reliability were confirmed by the experts' opinion and Cronbach's alpha of 80%. The data were analyzed through SPSS software version 16, using both descriptive and inferential statistics (mean and standard deviation, standard score (SQ), t-test, ANOVAs). A significance level of <0.05 was considered.
The highest educational priority was in the field of mental health (SQ= 0.38), and environmental and professional health was the lowest priority (SQ= _0.24). Additionally, within each of the areas above specific priorities were determined. Based on the results of this study, gender, graduation date, cooperation time, and university they were educated in did not affect expressing educational needs (p>0.05). The most educational conformity with continuing education was in the diseases area (topic 27%, content 37%). In the areas of environmental and professional health and health education, compliance was zero.
The physicians stated that mental health was the first educational need and environmental and professional health was the last one. According to the results, proper continuing medical programs should be coordinated with educational needs.
评估和确定优先次序是规划的首要步骤。根据家庭医生的观点,对项目进行评估以改进项目是提高质量的必要条件之一,并且能提高继续医学教育的效率和效果。本研究旨在确定法萨医科大学家庭医生在健康方面的教育需求及其在继续医学教育中的适用性。
在这项横断面研究中,对2013年在法萨医科大学工作的45名全科医生的观点进行了研究。样本通过普查选取。使用研究人员自制的问卷(采用10分制李克特量表)和德尔菲技术清单进行数据收集。问卷的内容效度及其信度经专家意见和80%的克朗巴哈系数得以确认。数据通过SPSS 16版软件进行分析,采用描述性和推断性统计方法(均值和标准差、标准分数(SQ)、t检验、方差分析)。显著性水平设定为<0.05。
教育优先级最高的领域是心理健康(SQ = 0.38),而环境与职业健康的优先级最低(SQ = -0.24)。此外,在上述每个领域内还确定了具体的优先事项。基于本研究结果,性别、毕业日期、合作时间以及他们接受教育的大学并不会影响教育需求的表达(p>0.05)。与继续医学教育最相符的教育领域是疾病领域(主题占27%,内容占37%)。在环境与职业健康以及健康教育领域,相符率为零。
医生们表示心理健康是首要教育需求,而环境与职业健康是最后一项。根据研究结果,应将适当的继续医学项目与教育需求相协调。