Table 2.
Showing the training gaps for each task by profession
| Domain | Task | Professions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All health workers (N = 199) | Medical doctor (N = 24) | Nurses (N = 158) | Allied health worker (N = 17) | ||||||||||
| Importance (median) | Performance (median) | Somers-D (95% CI) | Importance (median) | Performance (median) | Somers-D (95% CI) | Importance (median) | Performance (median) | Somers-D (95% CI) | Importance (median) | Performance (median) | Somers-D (95% CI) | ||
| Communication | Establishing a relationship with patients | 7 | 7 | 0.45 (0.32 to 0.56) | 7 | 7 | 0.33 (− 0.06 to 0.64) | 7 | 7 | 0.46 (0.31 to 0.58) | 7 | 6 | 0.50 (− 0.14 to 0.85) |
| Getting along with your colleagues in all disciplines | 7 | 7 | 0.30 (0.10 to 0.47) | 7 | 6.5 | 0.13 (− 0.15 to 0.38) | 7 | 7 | 0.27 (0.03 to 0.49) | 7 | 7 | 1 | |
| Communicating with patients effectively | 7 | 7 | 0.22 (− 0.02 to 0.44) | 7 | 6 | 0.50 (0.12 to 0.75) | 7 | 7 | 0.14 (− 0.13 to 0.39) | 7 | 6 | 0 | |
| Providing feedback to colleagues working in all disciplines | 7 | 6 | 0.29 (0.01 to 0.53) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0.19 (− 0.13 to 0.47) | 7 | 6 | 0.50 (− 0.12 to 0.84) | |
| Giving adequate information to patients and their families at all times | 7 | 6 | 0.36 (0.05 to 0.61) | 7 | 6 | − 0.08 (− 0.53 to 0.41) | 7 | 6 | 0.48 (0.35 to 0.59) | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| Working as a member of an inter-disciplinary team | 7 | 5 | 0.64 (0.36 to 0.82) | 7 | 6 | 0.64 (0.20 to 0.86) | 7 | 4 | 0.61 (0.25 to 0.82) | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
| Administration | Inputting accurate data in written or computerized records/or routine data input | 7 | 6 | 0.27 (0.03 to 0.48) | 7 | 5.5 | 0.54 (0.17 to 0.77) | 7 | 6 | 0.22 (− 0.06 to 0.47) | 6 | 5 | 0.43 (− 0.09 to 0.76) |
| Using technical equipment, including computers for everyday execution of your duties | 7 | 5 | 0.48 (0.07 to 0.75) | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0.40 (− 0.14 to 0.76) | 6 | 5 | 0.63 (0.08 to 0.88) | |
| Undertaking administrative duties | 7 | 5 | 0.55 (0.38 to 0.68) | 6 | 5 | 0.72 (0.28 to 0.91) | 7 | 5 | 0.50 (0.27 to 0.67) | 6 | 5 | 0.80 (− 0.23 to 0.98) | |
| Research and audit | Conducting any kind of research | 7 | 4 | 0.51 (0.19 to 0.73) | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0.53 (0.22 to 0.75) | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Identifying areas of practice that should be investigated | 7 | 5 | 0.52 (0.31 to 0.67) | 7 | 5.5 | 0.64 (0.28 to 0.84) | 7 | 5 | 0.37 (0.03 to 0.64) | 6 | 6 | 0.83 (0.02 to 0.98) | |
| Designing a research study | 6 | 2 | 0.61 (0.17 to 0.84) | 7 | 4 | 0.94 (0.59 to 0.99) | 6.5 | 2 | 0.50 (− 0.07 to 0.83) | 4 | 4 | 0.63 (0.07 to 0.89) | |
| Accessing research resources (e.g. time, money, information, equipment) | 7 | 3 | 0.84 (0.77 to 0.89) | 7 | 4 | 0.82 (0.50 to 0.94) | 7 | 3 | 0.87 (0.79 to 0.92) | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Management | Appraising your own performance | 7 | 6 | 0.23 (− 0.06 to 0.49) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0.24 (− 0.10 to 0.52) | 5 | 5 | 0.25 (− 0.73 to 0.89) |
| Introducing new ideas at work | 7 | 5 | 0.45 (0.23 to 0.62) | 7 | 5 | 0.83 (0.39 to 0.96) | 7 | 5 | 0.46 (0.24 to 0.64) | 5 | 5 | 0.13 (− 0.77 to 0.85) | |
| Organizing your own time effectively | 7 | 6 | 0.46 (0.35 to 0.56) | 7 | 7 | 0.57 (0.004 to 0.86) | 7 | 6 | 0.45 (0.32 to 0.55) | 7 | 6 | 0.50 (− 0.14 to 0.85) | |
| Instructing or sharing new knowledge with colleagues and/or students about new practices or procedures | 7 | 6 | 0.36 (0.17 to 0.54) | 7 | 6 | 0.38 (0.05 to 0.64) | 7 | 6 | 0.34 (0.10 to 0.54) | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| Making do with limited resources | 7 | 6 | 0.06 (− 0.16 to 0.27) | 7 | 6 | 0.40 (− 0.17 to 0.77) | 7 | 6 | − 0.004 (− 0.24 to 0.23) | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| Personally, coping with change in the health service | 7 | 6 | 0.08 (− 0.21 to 0.36) | 7 | 6 | 0.30 (− 0.05 to 0.59) | 7 | 6 | 0.04 (− 0.31 to 0.31) | 6 | 5 | 0.83 (− 0.07 to 0.99) | |
| Clinical tasks | Treatment of patients | 7 | 6 | 0.34 (0.23 to 0.43) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.32 (0.21 to 0.43) | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Accessing relevant literature for your clinical work | 7 | 5 | 0.62 (0.45 to 0.75) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0.61 (0.41 to 0.75) | 6 | 4 | 0.67 (0.15 to 0.90) | |
| Planning and organizing an individual patient’s care | 7 | 6 | 0.45 (0.34 to 0.54) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0.45 (0.33 to 0.55) | 7 | 6 | 0 | |
| Evaluating patients psychological and social needs | 7 | 5 | 0.49 (0.22 to 0.69) | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0.47 (0.19 to 0.68) | 7 | 5 | 0 | |
| Undertaking health promotion activities | 7 | 5 | 0.60 (0.43 to 0.74) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0.58 (0.38 to 0.73) | 6 | 5 | 0.71 (0.04 to 0.94) | |
| Assessing patients’ clinical needs | 7 | 6 | 0.22 (− 0.13 to 0.52) | 7 | 6.5 | 0.33 (− 0.06 to 0.64) | 7 | 6 | 0.10 (− 0.39 to 0.55) | 7 | 6 | 0 | |
The table provides a summary of the responses to each of the tasks in the survey questionnaire by each participating group of health professions. For each task, a training gap was derived using the guide that accompanies the original validated World Health Organization (WHO) Hennessey-Hicks training needs assessment survey questionnaire source document. The items in bold represent the highest three values for Somers Delta in each health worker category