Chinese Mental Health Practitioners' Demands on Continuing Education Training and Related Factors
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2009.11.002
- VernacularTitle:国内心理健康服务从业者继续教育培训的需求现状及相关因素
- Author:
Minyan CHEN
;
Hong CHEN
;
Mingyi QIAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
mental health practitioner;
continuing education training;
demand status;
survey;
cross-sectional study
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2009;23(11):763-766
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the continuing education training demands and its related factors in mental health practitioners in China.Methods:The sample of 1391 mental health practitioners was collected from 29 provinces by convenient sampling with the self-made questionnaire.Results:The practitioners had the highest demands for practice(4.2±1.0)and skill training(4.1±1.0).Their training demands could be summarized as three factors:supervision and evaluation,knowledge,practice and skill.The ones who had lower educational level,less work experience,or more knowledge training had more demands for these three kinds of training.For supervision and evaluation training,junior colleges had more demands than doctors [(14.9±3.9)vs.(13.1±3.9),P<0.05],females had more demands than males [(14.8±3.7)vs.(14.3±3.4),P<0.05],and the ones with social orientation had more demands than those with educational or clinical orientation [(15.2±3.6)vs.(14.4±3.6),(14.4±3.6);Ps<0.05].The ones who were part-time workers,trained less times,and skill-trained had more demands for skill training [e.g.part time workers:(8.4±1.6),full time workers:(8.1±1.8);P<0.05].Conclusion:The mental health practitioners have the highest demands for continuing training,especially practice and skill training.The related factors to their demands include gender,age,education level,occupation area and working time.
