School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, P.O. Box. 235, Harar, Ethiopia.
School of Medicine, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.
BMC Med Educ. 2024 Jan 12;24(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05036-7.
Healthcare workers must maintain their knowledge, attitude, and skills regarding the most recent technology and competencies to deliver quality health care. The Ministry of Health, Ethiopia developed guidelines and directives for the utilization of continuous professional development programs. However, there is limited evidence on utilization and barriers to utilization in the study area. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the utilization and barriers to the utilization of continuous professional development among health professionals working in health facilities in eastern Ethiopia.
A health facility-based cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted among 731 healthcare professionals from September 01, 2022, and October 30, 2022. A multistage sampling technique was utilized. A simple random sampling technique selected health facilities and study participants. A self-administered questionnaire developed from national continuous professional development guidelines was disseminated to healthcare professionals working in the selected forty health centers and four hospitals. STATA statistical package version 14 was used for data analysis. A descriptive summary was used to summarize the variables. A logistic regression model was used to assess the association between independent variables and the outcome variable. Adjusted odds ratios along with 95% CIs were estimated to assess the strength of the association, and a p-value < 0.05 was used to declare the level of statistical significance in the analysis.
Continuous professional development utilization was determined for 731 healthcare professionals, of whom 241 (32.97%) [(95% CI: (29.55, 36.38)] had utilized continuous professional development. Lack of continuous professional development knowledge AOR 0.23 [(95% CI: 0.14, 0.37)], being female AOR 0.58 [(95% CI: 0.39, 0.86)], lack of internet access AOR 0.62 [(95% CI: 0.43, 0.89)], greater than 20 km distance from main road AOR 0.58 [(95% CI: 0.37, 0.91)], not heard importance of continuous educational units AOR 0.45 [(95% CI: 0.31, 0.65)], and poor perceived need of continuous professional development AOR 0.61 [(95% CI: 0.38, 0.97)], had a negative statistically significant association with the utilization of continuous professional development.
The utilization of continuous professional development in the study area was low. Health sectors and stakeholders working on continuous professional development programs are required to focus on developing strategies for knowledge creation, female health workers, and access to the internet, remote areas, information on the importance of continuous educational units, and the variety of needs of professionals for continuous professional development implementation.
医疗保健工作者必须保持对最新技术和能力的知识、态度和技能，以提供高质量的医疗保健。埃塞俄比亚卫生部制定了利用持续专业发展计划的准则和指令。然而，在研究区域，利用情况和利用障碍的证据有限。因此，本研究旨在评估在东部埃塞俄比亚卫生设施工作的卫生专业人员对持续专业发展的利用情况和利用障碍。
2022 年 9 月 1 日至 10 月 30 日期间，在 731 名医疗保健专业人员中进行了一项基于卫生设施的横断面定量研究。采用多阶段抽样技术。简单随机抽样技术选择了卫生设施和研究参与者。从国家持续专业发展准则中开发的一份自我管理问卷分发给在选定的四十个卫生中心和四个医院工作的医疗保健专业人员。使用 STATA 统计软件包版本 14 进行数据分析。使用描述性摘要总结变量。使用逻辑回归模型评估独立变量与结果变量之间的关联。使用调整后的优势比及其 95%置信区间来评估关联的强度，并使用 p 值 < 0.05 来宣布分析中的统计学显著性水平。
确定了 731 名医疗保健专业人员的持续专业发展利用情况，其中 241 名（32.97%）[（95%置信区间：（29.55，36.38）]利用了持续专业发展。缺乏持续专业发展知识的优势比为 0.23 [（95%置信区间：0.14，0.37）]，女性的优势比为 0.58 [（95%置信区间：0.39，0.86）]，缺乏互联网接入的优势比为 0.62 [（95%置信区间：0.43，0.89）]，距离主要道路超过 20 公里的优势比为 0.58 [（95%置信区间：0.37，0.91）]，未听说过持续教育单位的重要性的优势比为 0.45 [（95%置信区间：0.31，0.65）]，以及对持续专业发展需求的感知不足的优势比为 0.61 [（95%置信区间：0.38，0.97）]，与持续专业发展的利用呈负相关且有统计学意义。
在研究区域，持续专业发展的利用情况较低。从事持续专业发展计划的卫生部门和利益相关者需要专注于制定知识创造策略，针对女性卫生工作者和互联网接入、偏远地区、关于持续教育单位重要性的信息、以及专业人员持续专业发展需求的多样性，为其实施提供支持。
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