Table 1.
A summary of the training needs assessment report tables
| The training needs assessment report table showing the gap of health workforce specialists in Kenya | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 counties analyzed | Total standard number | Total employment | Percent shortage by standard | Total ideal number | Percent shortage by ideal | Mean of employed staff per county | Ideal mean per county | t test P value [comparing employed with ideal] | t test P value [compare employed with standards] |
| CDH | 138 266 | 26 763 | 81 | 67 312 | 60 | 683 | 1599 | < 0.000 1 | < 0.000 1 |
| MOH | 6 428 | 1 719 | 73 | 3 942 | 56 | 16 | 21 | 0.029 1 | < 0.000 1 |
| Anesthetist | 590 | 106 | 82 | 386 | 73 | 2 | 9 | < 0.000 1 | < 0.000 1 |
| ENT surgeons | 285 | 30 | 89 | 205 | 85 | 1 | 4 | < 0.000 1 | < 0.000 1 |
| Ortho surgeons | 285 | 29 | 90 | 188 | 85 | 1 | 4 | < 0.000 1 | < 0.000 1 |
| Cardio surgeons | 10 | 0 | 100 | 120 | 100 | 0 | 3 | < 0.000 1 | 0.000 7 |
| Neuro surgeon | 10 | 4 | 60 | 1 140 | 100 | 1 | 2 | < 0.000 1 | 0.135 |
| Urolo surgeons | 10 | 3 | 70 | 115 | 97 | 0 | 3 | < 0.000 1 | 0.036 5 |
| Pediatrics surgeons | 10 | 8 | 20 | 139 | 94 | 0 | 3 | < 0.000 1 | 0.646 1 |
| Neurologists | 275 | 4 | 99 | 114 | 96 | 0 | 2 | < 0.000 1 | 0.135 |
| Plastic surgeons | 10 | 14 | − 40 | 141 | 90 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 5 | 0.708 9 |
| Obstetricians/gynecologists | 560 | 1 054 | − 88 | 305 | − 246 | 2 | 7 | < 0.000 1 | < 0.001 |
| General internists/physicians | 570 | 1 719 | − 202 | 3 982 | 57 | 36 | 86 | 0.079 86 | < 0.001 |
| Cardiologists | 20 | 1 | 95 | 110 | 99 | 0 | 2 | < 0.000 1 | < 0.001 |
| Chest specialists | 0 | 1 | 5813 | 5 813 | 100 | 0 | 3 | < 0.000 1 | 0.151 5 |
| Endocrinologists | 0 | 1 | 95 | 95 | 99 | 0 | 2 | < 0.000 1 | 0.32 |
| Gastro-enterologists | 20 | 4 | 80 | 105 | 96 | 0 | 2 | < 0.000 1 | 0.013 |
| Graduate clinical officers | 4 585 | 939 | 80 | 1 807 | 48 | 20 | 40 | 0.084 9 | < 0.001 |
| CO ENT | 1 375 | 109 | 92 | 490 | 78 | 2 | 11 | < 0.000 1 | < 0.001 |
| CO lungs and skin | 1 885 | 208 | 89 | 532 | 61 | 5 | 12 | < 0.000 1 | < 0.001 |
| CO ophthalmology/cataract surgery | 1 080 | 90 | 92 | 338 | 73 | 2 | 8 | < 0.000 1 | < 0.001 |
| Co pediatrics | 1 395 | 135 | 90 | 552 | 76 | 3 | 12 | < 0.000 1 | < 0.001 |
| Anesthetist nurses | 1 630 | 61 | 96 | 696 | 91 | 1 | 15 | < 0.000 1 | < 0.001 |
| Accident and emergency care nurses | 2 750 | 13 | 100 | 482 | 97 | 0 | 10 | < 0.000 1 | < 0.001 |
| BSN nurses | 1 180 | 1 189 | −1 | 2 426 | 51 | 26 | 54 | 0.022 5 | 0.990 5 |
| KRCHN | 41 732 | 8 612 | 79 | 21 635 | 60 | 17 | 494 | < 0.000 1 | < 0.001 |
| Community public health nurses (KECHN) | 77 544 | 796 | 99 | 1 611 | 51 | 47 | 66 | 0.608 4 | < 0.001 |
| Cardiology nurses | 20 | 0 | 100 | 483 | 100 | 0 | 10 | < 0.000 1 | 0.000 6 |
| Total nationally | 282 525 | 43 612 | 85 | 115 264 | 62 | ||||