Ward J, Macfarlane S
School of Medical Education, University of New South Wales, Kensington.
Med J Aust. 1993 Jul 5;159(1):20-3. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1993.tb137697.x.
To investigate the acceptability, feasibility and value of needs assessment in planning and conducting a seminar about skin cancer for general practitioners.
A self-administered questionnaire was developed to assess general practitioners' educational needs in skin cancer prevention, early detection and management. Registrants for a one-day interactive skin cancer seminar conducted by the NSW Cancer Council were each mailed this questionnaire. Responses received before the seminar were collated and discussed with resource persons involved in the seminar.
We achieved an 80% response rate to the pre-seminar needs assessment. Responses indicated gaps in knowledge, widespread differences in views about skin surveillance recommendations and a hierarchy of preferences for practical procedures. The seminar was modified, contributing to high levels of participant satisfaction with its educational content.
It is feasible to conduct a needs assessment in continuing medical education which achieves high response rates and provides vital information to resource persons about the educational needs of participants. Needs assessment holds promise as a strategy to assist general practitioners to identify their own goals for learning. Needs assessment as described here is necessary also to evaluate the outcome of continuing medical education. We recommend needs assessment as an integral part of educational programs for general practitioners although the time, planning and resources required to assess learning needs should not be underestimated.
探讨需求评估在为全科医生规划和举办皮肤癌研讨会中的可接受性、可行性和价值。
设计了一份自填式问卷，以评估全科医生在皮肤癌预防、早期检测和管理方面的教育需求。新南威尔士州癌症理事会举办的为期一天的互动式皮肤癌研讨会的注册者都收到了这份问卷。研讨会前收到的回复进行了整理，并与参与研讨会的专家进行了讨论。
研讨会前需求评估的回复率达到了80%。回复表明存在知识差距、对皮肤监测建议的看法存在广泛差异以及对实际操作的偏好层次。研讨会进行了修改，这使得参与者对其教育内容的满意度很高。
在继续医学教育中进行需求评估是可行的，它能实现高回复率，并为专家提供有关参与者教育需求的重要信息。需求评估有望成为帮助全科医生确定自己学习目标的一种策略。这里描述的需求评估对于评估继续医学教育的结果也是必要的。我们建议将需求评估作为全科医生教育项目的一个组成部分，尽管评估学习需求所需的时间、规划和资源不应被低估。
