Table 2.
Change in self-assessment of skills by study respondents.
| Self-assessment of skills | Skill level, mean (standard deviation) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-test | Post-test | Follow-up test | |
| Analytic/assessment skills | 2.54 (0.76) | 3.91 (0.65)∗ | 4.46 (0.73)∗Δ |
| Policy development/programme planning skills | 2.33 (1.06) | 3.48 (0.70)∗ | 2.82 (0.82) |
| Communication skills | 3.16 (0.84) | 4.13 (0.65)∗ | 4.27 (0.61)∗ |
| Cultural competency skills | 2.26 (0.76) | 3.44 (0.61)∗ | 3.21 (0.79)∗ |
| Community dimensions of practice skills | 2.69 (0.81) | 3.87 (0.73)∗ | 3.79 (0.65)∗ |
| Basic public health sciences skills | 3.12 (0.93) | 4.69 (0.49)∗ | 4.35 (0.54)∗ |
| Financial planning and management skills | 2.07 (1.03) | 3.26 (0.74)∗ | 2.79 (0.92) |
| Leadership and systems thinking skills | 2.71 (0.99) | 3.05 (0.69) | 2.84 (0.77) |
*P < 0.05 vs pre-test; ΔP < 0.05 vs post-test.