[Methods and results of the assessment of efficacy of postgraduate students in public health].
Training programs, courses contents and teaching personnel of the postgraduate studies in School of Public Health were assessed by students using special questionnaires in the Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine in Łódź in the years 1998-2001. The evaluation studies with the use of a questionnaire of acquired competences self-assessment was also carried out. The data gathered in this way were included in the reports directed to the course managers, whereafter were subjected to a comparative analysis in result of which: the quality of the curriculum contents and the professional and didactic skills of the members of teaching personnel was defined, as perceived by the students, the degree in which particular curriculum in public health produced professional competences' increase perceived by the students was defined, the degree in which particular teaching subjects influenced public health knowledge and skills of the students was pointed out. The presented method of monitoring and measurement of teaching efficiency has confirmed its practical usefulness. Analysis can be performed on the level of particular competencies, particular teaching subjects or particular classes. Results correspond with some current intuitions, set in order many particular observations and are useful in the process of training programme construction and modification.
Instytutu Medycyny Pracy im. prof. J. Nofera w Łodzi. abocz@imp.lodz.pl
Andrzej
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Boczkowski
D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000592:standards; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000193:education*; D011044:Poland; D011361:Professional Competence; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*; D012581:Schools, Public Health / Q000592:standards; D040443:Students, Public Health / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires