Building an Understanding of the Competencies Needed for Health Administration Practice

Shewchuk, Richard M.; OʼConnor, Stephen J; Fine, David J.

doi:10.1097/00115514-200501000-00009

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“…The NGT is a well established, highly structured, multistep facilitated group meeting that uses informant panels to elicit and prioritize responses to a specific question (19)(20)(21)(22)(23).…”

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Identification of Strategies to Facilitate Organ Donation among African Americans using the Nominal Group Technique

Locke

Shewchuk

et al. 2015

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

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Background and objectives African Americans are disproportionately affected by ESRD, but few receive a living donor kidney transplant. Surveys assessing attitudes toward donation have shown that African Americans are less likely to express a willingness to donate their own organs. Studies aimed at understanding factors that may facilitate the willingness of African Americans to become organ donors are needed.Design, setting, participants, & measurements A novel formative research method was used (the nominal group technique) to identify and prioritize strategies for facilitating increases in organ donation among churchattending African Americans. Four nominal group technique panel interviews were convened (three community and one clergy). Each community panel represented a distinct local church; the clergy panel represented five distinct faith-based denominations. Before nominal group technique interviews, participants completed a questionnaire that assessed willingness to become a donor; 28 African-American adults ($19 years old) participated in the study. ResultsIn total, 66.7% of participants identified knowledge-or education-related strategies as most important strategies in facilitating willingness to become an organ donor, a view that was even more pronounced among clergy. Three of four nominal group technique panels rated a knowledge-based strategy as the most important and included strategies, such as information on donor involvement and donation-related risks; 29.6% of participants indicated that they disagreed with deceased donation, and 37% of participants disagreed with living donation. Community participants' reservations about becoming an organ donor were similar for living (38.1%) and deceased (33.4%) donation; in contrast, clergy participants were more likely to express reservations about living donation (33.3% versus 16.7%).Conclusions These data indicate a greater opposition to living donation compared with donation after one's death among African Americans and suggest that improving knowledge about organ donation, particularly with regard to donor involvement and donation-related risks, may facilitate increases in organ donation. Existing educational campaigns may fall short of meeting information needs of African Americans.

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Identification of Strategies to Facilitate Organ Donation among African Americans using the Nominal Group Technique

Locke

Shewchuk

et al. 2015

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

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“…Additionally, Shewchuk, O'Connor, and Fine (2005) declare "Environmental change has occurred with such speed that the educational component of healthcare management must struggle to keep up-to-date" (p. 33). Through this struggle comes opportunity.…”

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Forge into the Future: Identifying Core Competencies and Important Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities (SKAs) for Junior Navy Medical Service Corps Officers

Palacios¹

2008

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I'UMK reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average I hour per response, including the lime lor reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing thi-. collection of information Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS)ES)RESIDENCY SITE ADDRESS lOOBrewsterBlvd Camp Lejeune. NC 28547 PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT <). SPONSORING / MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)US II. SPONSOR/MONITORS REPORT M MBER(S) 32-08 II D1STRIBITION / A\ A1LABILITY STATEMENTApproved for public release: distribution is unlimited SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ABSTRACTThe purpose of this paper is to identify core competencies and important skills, knowledge, and abilities (SKAs) required by junior Navy Medical Service Corps officers to be successful in the next five to ten years. In addition, this study tested similarities and differences among responses within subspecialty groups of the Medical Service Corps including: Administrators. Scientists, and Clinicians. Two waves of the Delphi technique were employed. In Wave I, junior Navy Medical Service Corps officers identified the five most important competencies and their important SKAs. An expert panel of six Lieutenant Commanders reviewed, sorted, and identified competencies from Wave I into 11 domains. From the expert analysis, the researcher developed a questionnaire for use in Delphi technique, Wave II. In Wave II, junior Navy Medical Service Corps officers rated the SKAs from each domain based on importance. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to test similarities and differences between responses and among subspecialty groups within the Medical Service Corps. Results indicated that Core Values, Leadership traits, subspecialty expertise and operational understanding were most critical for junior Medical Service Corps officer in the next five to ten years. Many similar opinions merged among the Administrators and Scientists suggesting that although these two subspecialty groups evolved from different educational and professional backgrounds, they share similar opinions on success in the Corps today. In contrast. Clinicians and Administrators shared in only one opinion, the importance of Subspecialty Expertise. Once statistical interaction between groups was revealed, post hoc tests were conducted to determine a significant difference of opinion. Results revealed that Clinicians Vs. Others have a real difference of opinion with 36 of 100 SKAs significant. Administrators Vs. Others showed 11 of 100 SKAs statistically different. Scientists Vs. Others showed no statistically significant difference. 10 out of the 15 lowest rated SKAs were found within all three subspecialty groups of the Medical Service Corps suggesting that although there is widely varied opinion among subspecialties of SKAs required for success, respondent...

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“…Additionally, identifying core competencies and SKAs for junior Navy MSC officers will improve healthcare management and education (Shewchuk, O'Connor, & Fine, 2005). Competency research coupled with already established training programs will help build junior officers from within the Navy MSC, resulting in well-rounded junior officers ready to take the next healthcare executive challenge.…”

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Forging the Future: Establishing Core Competencies and the Skills, Knowledge and Abilities of Navy Junior Medical Service Corps Officers

Shaw¹

2008

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The public f•porting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour ptr response, including th« time for rivnwing instructions, searching existing data sourcts, gathering and maintaining tha data neeoad, and computing and nvnwing thr collection of information Sand commants regarding this burdan estimate or any othar aapact of this collection of information, including suggastions for reducing tha burdan, ABSTRACTThe purpose of this research is to achieve consensus among Navy Junior Medical Service Corps officers about the competencies and important skills, knowledge, and abilities (SKAs) required for success over the first five to ten years of their careers using rwo iterations of the Delphi technique to collect the relevant data. ifmtiim nn • I ,1.•i,». SKAs were: "doing the right thing when no else is around," "ability to read, write and speak clearly," and "initiative and drive," "knowledge of a specialty area," and "judgment."Forging the Future Junior MSC Study of SKAs Dec4

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Building an Understanding of the Competencies Needed for Health Administration Practice

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Identification of Strategies to Facilitate Organ Donation among African Americans using the Nominal Group Technique

Identification of Strategies to Facilitate Organ Donation among African Americans using the Nominal Group Technique

Forge into the Future: Identifying Core Competencies and Important Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities (SKAs) for Junior Navy Medical Service Corps Officers

Forging the Future: Establishing Core Competencies and the Skills, Knowledge and Abilities of Navy Junior Medical Service Corps Officers

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