Open AccessEvaluation of doctors' level of proficiency, based on self-assessment
Author(s) -
Н. Г. Петрова,
Петрова Наталия Гурьевна,
Valentina V. Gorinshtein,
Valentina V. Gorinshtein
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nauka i innovacii v medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-754X
pISSN - 2500-1388
DOI - 10.35693/2500-1388-2019-4-3-41-45
Subject(s) - accreditation , health care , microsoft excel , medical education , scale (ratio) , psychology , quality (philosophy) , work (physics) , family medicine , medicine , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , economics , economic growth , operating system
Objectives - to assess the level of doctors' qualification by means of sociological survey. Material and methods. The study was conducted in a large city out-patient hospital, where 105 doctors of different specialities were interviewed. The respondents' average age was 44.7+1.9 years; average period of work -16.4+1.8 years. A special questionnaire comprised of 35 questions. The respondents were asked to assess, using a five-point scale, their skills and knowledge of various topics, including special clinical knowledge, prevention, sanitary-epidemiological regimen, psychology, healthcare organization and economics, legal regulation of medical activity. The statistical processing of collected data was performed with the Microsoft Office 2016 programs: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel. Results. The average self-assessment score for various aspects ranged from 3.1 to 4.4. The lowest score was registered in the knowledge of public health organization, regulations and healthcare economics. Among the respondents, the maximum self-assessment scores were given by emergency doctors, and the lowest - by therapeutists (general practitioners). Conclusion. The revealed deficit of knowledge in some aspects (especially in matters of healthcare organization) is a factor that may impede the implementation of one of the basic principles of total quality management - the principle of staff involvement. This requires not only a review of educational programs in medical universities, but also the appropriate adjustment of the programs of postgraduate training, as well as tasks (tests, OSCE stations) performed by doctors of different specialities in the process of their accreditation.