Evaluation on the position competency of residents in the first year in a third grade hospital

Lige LIU; Zhihong ZHENG; Li'en PAN; Wenhui WAN

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the position competency of residents in the first year and to search for the standardizing training which aims at advancing position competencies. Method Twenty residents of the first year and 40 of superior doctors were taken as research targets. Question-naires including 8 aspects (basic ability, occupational spirit, communication skills, medical knowl-edge, team work, public health, information and management, and academic research) were con-ducted and were scored namelessly. The scores of items in one kind of ability were summed up to serve as the total score of this ability. The mean score of one kind of ability and the mean score of 8 kinds of abilities of residents and superior doctors was calculated. SPSS 17.0 was adopted to make statistical analysis. t-test was adopted to test the difference between the score from residents and superior doctors with P<0.05 representing statistics significance. Results The scores of 8 kinds of abilities were much lower than full scores. The scores of basic ability, occupational spirit, and team work from residents (78.5, 87.4, 41.9) were higher than those from superior doctors (72.6, 80.5, 39.5), with statistical significances (P=0.020, 0.013, 0.045). Conclusions Residents are lack of position competency and awareness, which demonstrates the gap between the training model and the demand of work. It is sug-gested that we should design the training system and evaluation methods based on doctors' compe-tences, add training for comprehensive ability and evaluate abilities of all aspects. An excellent hu-manity education should be built and quality cultivation should be taken attention to. Objective and measurable indices should be developed to increase residents' knowledge.