A workers' health surveillance online training programme for occupational physicians.
Occup Med (Lond)
; 73(3): 148-154, 2023 04 26.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
To support occupational physicians (OPs) in the implementation of workers' health surveillance (WHS), a training programme was developed.AIMS:
(i) To evaluate the effects of a WHS training programme for OPs on knowledge, self-efficacy and skills to implement WHS. (ii) To evaluate to what extent a WHS training programme is acceptable and feasible for implementation in practice.METHODS:
A single-blinded randomized controlled trial with waiting-list control group was used. The WHS training programme consisted of an e-learning and a 4.5-h online training session. OPs completed a knowledge test (0-8), self-efficacy questionnaires on knowledge and skills (6-60), and vignette assignments (0-16) to measure skills. OPs completed the questionnaires, either before and after the WHS training programme (intervention group), or before the training programme (control group) while receiving the training programme after the waiting period. All OPs completed questionnaires about the training's acceptability, and feasibility for implementation in practice. ANCOVA and Poisson regression analyses were conducted.RESULTS:
The self-efficacy score (M = 44.1 versus M = 37.2) (P < 0.001) and skills score (M = 9.6 versus M = 8.3) (P < 0.05) of OPs in the training group (N = 16) were higher than the control group (N = 23). No effect was found on knowledge. Evaluation of acceptability and feasibility showed that 21 (58%) OPs were very satisfied with the training part on initiating WHS, and 29 (85%) would recommend the WHS training programme to colleagues.CONCLUSIONS:
This WHS training programme has a positive effect on self-efficacy and skills of OPs to implement WHS, and may be acceptable and feasible to implement in practice.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Médicos
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Saúde Ocupacional
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Occup Med (Lond)
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA OCUPACIONAL
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Holanda