Evaluation on professional competencies and development of teachers for health in primary and secondary schools in Shanghai
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.06.034
- VernacularTitle:上海市中小学校卫生保健教师专业素质及其发展状况评估
- Author:
HOU Xiaojing, JIANG Xingwen, SUN Yawen
1
Author Information
1. School of International Medical Technology, Sanda University, Shanghai (201209) , China
- Publication Type:期刊文章
- Keywords:
Health personnel;
Professional competence;
Questionnaires;
Organization and administration;
Public health
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2022;43(6):941-945
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the self awareness of professional competencies and its development of teachers for health in primary and secondary schools in Shanghai, so as to provide a reference for development of professional competencies and future specialized development.
Methods:A survey was conducted among 1 722 teachers for health in primary and secondary school by the professional competency questionnaire.
Results:Most of the teachers for health had bachelor s degrees (65.6%) and junior professional titles (43.4%), the full time teachers accounted for 66.5%, the percentage of teaching health education courses was 69.8 %, 7.7% took part in the formal class of schedule; the two top scorers were the dimension of "professional ethic as a teacher" and "school public health prevention and control" (4.68±0.43, 4.55±0.47); the two lowest scorers dimensions were related to school health education with increasing standard deviation (3.96±0.66, 3.91±0.65); the mean of self rated competency of the 6-14 years working experience group was slightly higher in all dimensions, that of 15 years or above group was lower than 6-14 years group in the total system and the dimensions of professional ethic as a teacher and emergency handling of accidents, and in responsing specific health problems dimension, the mean of 15 years or above group lower than that of 1-5 years group ( P <0.05).
Conclusion:The entry threshold of teachers for health in primary and secondary school is a critical consideration; Teachers competency preparations are satisfying in professional ethics and school public health prevention/control; meanwhile, the overall health education competencies were insufficient, and noticeable differences in the competency level among teachers are observed. It suggest drawing up entry qualifications and professional standards for health education teachers to guide the teacher s learning and improvement, calling for facilitating the professional promotion of teachers at the government s policy level.
