Health and social welfare professionals’ self-rated competence and feedback following a simulation-based coaching intervention in small and medium-sized enterprises

Abstract

Objective: To examine how health and social welfare professionals in small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) rated their theoretical, practical, and interaction competencies following simulation-based coaching, and to collect feedback for the coaching intervention.Methods: This quantitative survey is part of a wider research and development project conducted in Finland in the years 2017-2019 with assistance from the European Social Fund and carried out in collaboration between two educational institutions. Respondents were 107 nurses and other health and social care professionals in 20 SMEs. Data collection took place using an online questionnaire in May 2019. The data were analyzed using IBM SPSS for Windows 25.Results: The great majority of the participants were satisfied with the coaching intervention. Respondents rated their theoretical, practical, and interaction competencies as good. They also felt confident about their skills in learning, problem-solving, and action-based learning. Among the most salient learning needs were the use of digital tools, social media, and electronic learning environments, and the need to practice remote counseling.Conclusions: The results indicate a need to provide continuing education on information and communication technology for health and social welfare professionals in small and medium-sized companies.

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“…The detailed results of the two surveys have been presented in earlier articles. [50,51] For this paper, the results from the two surveys conducted in 2017 and 2019 were compared using the Mann-Whitney u test and the Kruskal-Wallis test. [52] IBM SPSS for Windows 25 was used to analyse the data.…”

“…Several articles dealing with the project results have been published recently, and some of the results are referred to in the results section of this paper. [50,51] The focus of this article is on a statistical comparison between the two self-rated assessments.…”