Analysis of the training effect and influencing factors of primary health workers in Pukou District, Nanjing City based on the Kirkpatrick's four-level model of evaluation / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To systematically evaluate the effect of on-the-job training of primary health workers in Pukou District, Nanjing City by using the Kirkpatrick's four-level model of evaluation, and to provide a basis for the design of on-the-job training programs for primary health workers.Methods:A questionnaire was conducted to investigate the basic information, training status, and training effects of the staff in all primary medical and health service institutions in Pukou District. A total of 428 valid questionnaires were collected. SPSS 16.0 software was used for statistical analysis, binary or ordinal Logistic regression was used to screen related factors.Results:In the response evaluation, 49.6% (192/387) of trainees thought that it was meaningful to participate in the training; in the learning evaluation, 51.4% (220/428) understood the frontier knowledge of their profession; in the behavior evaluation, 40.3% (156/387) had widely used the content of the training; in the result evaluation, 41.3% (177/428) said that the quality of their work was very high. Comprehensively, training frequency, training duration, professional category and professional title were the influencing factors of training effect.Conclusion:Overall, the training effect of primary health workers is not satisfactory. In a word, increasing the frequency of training, enhancing health personnel's awareness of the importance of training, and extending the duration of training can effectively improve the training effect.