ABSTRACT
Introduction: Continuing education and training of employees significantly affect a hospital's performance and efficiency, and learning organizations usually exhibit higher efficiency. Hence, the objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between the hospital employees' continuing education and performance indicators in the teaching hospitals affiliated to Tehran's Azad University
Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the teaching hospitals affiliated to Tehran's Azad University in 2014. The subjects consisted of 70 professional hospital employees, including physicians, nurses, midwives and other personnel who had attended continuing education courses. A data collection form was used to collect the data. The data were analyzed with SPSSW-20 software. Pearson correlation coefficient was used at a significance level of 0.05
Results: The number of continuing education courses held for physicians and nurses was equal]five courses], while fewer courses were held for the remaining personnel. There were significant associations between the employees' continuing education and bed occupancy rate [p=0.009] and bed turnover interval [p=0.01]. There was no significant association between the employees' continuing education and hospital death rate [p=0.19]
Conclusion: Training employees ultimately affects their performance in the hospital. Hence, a deeper insight into the significance of hospital training is needed for decision-making policy-makers and for hospitals' executive managers to efficiently use the limited therapeutic resources and eventually achieve optimum effectiveness
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Employee Performance Appraisal , Hospitals, Teaching , Cross-Sectional Studies , Health Personnel , Education, ContinuingABSTRACT
Hospitals have an important role in order to maintain and improve health and to function without interruption in emergency situations. Hospital Safety Index is one of the indicators that can help to determine the efficiency of hospitals in disasters situations. This study was done in order to assess the safety of one of the referral hospitals related to Social Security Organization in disasters in Tehran. In this applied study, a referral hospital in Tehran city was studied based on structural, nonstructural and functional factors by using WHO/PAHO standard checklist. According to the results, the final Safety Index score placed this hospital into C category of three categories of safety. It means that the lives and safety of occupants of this hospital deemed at risk during disasters. The Hospital Safety Index helps authorities to quickly determine where interventions can improve safety. The safety index is not only a tool for making technical assessments, but it provides a new approach to disaster prevention and mitigation for the health sector. Calculating the safety score allows hospital to establish maintenance and monitoring routines and look at actions to improve safety in the medium term. This quick overview will give decision makers a starting point for establishing priorities and reducing risk and vulnerability in healthcare facilities