The investigation and intervention about the medical staffs′core competencies on public health emergency in a community of Chengdu city / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To assess the medical staffs′core competencies on public health emergency in a community of Chengdu city .To apply a systemic professional training program and to evaluate the effect of that intervention .Methods A self -designed questionnaire was adopted to assess the medical staffs′core competencies on public health emergency in a community of Chengdu city ,and to evaluate the change of the core competencies after the professional training .Results According to the result ,45 .45% of medical staff have no experience of public health emergency ,42 .86% of respondents have not been participated in any public health emergency drill ,50 .65% of them had no chance to receive professional training on public health emergency .The scores of the com‐munity medical staff emergency core ability level were skewness distributed .Mean score for each dimension ranked in descending order as followsemergency rescue ability on site 5 .91(7 .39 after training) ,temporary sites rescue ability 5 .52(7 .26 after train‐ing) ,evacuation ability 5 .45(7 .25 after training) ,triage ability 5 .21(7 .14 after training) ,the theoretical knowledge 5 .18(7 .10 af‐ter training) ,individual protection score 5 .14(7 .34 after training) ,the score of post disaster prevention of infectious disease 5 .12 (7 .04 after training)and the psychological assistance ability 5 .12(7 .32 after training) ,and the comprehensive ability score 5 .33 (7 .23 after training) .The respondents′public health event emergency core ability scores demonstrate significant improvement after training .Conclusion nowadays most of the medical staff in communities of Chengdu lack the experience in public health emergency drill and professional training ,their emergency responding core competency remain to be improved;while the training program shows positive effect on enhancing their knowledge and ability .