Table 3.
CME participation for different types of health professionals according to the three administrative districts (as reported by CHC staff, n=3580)
| Central | Western and peripheral | Eastern | χ2 | p Value | ||||
| n/N | % (95% CI) | n/N | % (95% CI) | n/N | % (95% CI) | |||
| Health professionals | 701/786 | 89.2 (86.8 to 91.3) | 916/1018 | 90.0 (88.0 to 91.8) | 1519/1655 | 91.8 (90.4 to 93.1) | 5.04 | 0.08 |
| Doctors | 370/407 | 90.9 (87.7 to 93.5) | 424/462 | 91.8 (88.9 to 94.1) | 751/807 | 93.1 (91.1 to 94.7) | 1.89 | 0.39 |
| Nurse | 331/379 | 87.3 (83.6 to 90.5) | 492/556 | 88.5 (85.5 to 91.0) | 768/848 | 90.6 (88.4 to 92.4) | 3.31 | 0.19 |
| Job titles | ||||||||
| Intermediate and senior | 270/282 | 95.7 (92.7 to 97.8) | 280/290 | 96.9 (93.8 to 98.3) | 764/786 | 97.2 (95.8 to 98.2) | 1.46 | 0.48 |
| Junior | 399/456 | 87.5 (84.1 to 90.4) | 525/569 | 92.3 (89.8 to 94.3) | 681/763 | 89.3 (86.8 to 91.4) | 6.64 | 0.036 |
| Education level | ||||||||
| Bachelor and higher | 380/442 | 86.0 (82.4 to 89.1) | 646/731 | 88.4 (85.8 to 90.6) | 739/829 | 89.1 (86.8 to 91.2) | 2.83 | 0.24 |
| Associate degree and below | 316/339 | 93.2 (90.0 to 95.7) | 265/282 | 94.0 (90.5 to 96.4) | 770/814 | 94.6 (92.8 to 96.0) | 0.85 | 0.66 |
| Registered specialty | ||||||||
| GPs | 146/151 | 96.7 (92.3 to 98.9) | 143/143 | 100 (97.5 to 100) | 464/487 | 95.0 (73.0 to 97.0) | 5.73 | 0.057 |
| Specialists | 217/246 | 88.2 (83.5 to 92.0) | 272/308 | 88.3 (84.2 to91.7) | 281/316 | 88.9 (84.9 to 91.2) | 0.087 | 0.96 |
CHC, community health centre; CME, continuous medical education; GPs, general practitioners.