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Table 2 Training needs of medical staff

From: Survey of the demand for care services for older people and the training needs of their care workers: a cross-sectional study in Northeast China

 

Number

Proportion (%)

1. Your requirements for training related to geriatric healthcare:

 Really not required

4

0.96

 Not required

5

1.2

 Neutral

93

22.41

 Required

232

55.9

 Very much required

81

19.52

2. Do you think the training satisfied your needs?

 Very dissatisfied

6

1.45

 Dissatisfied

20

4.82

 Neutral

109

26.27

 Satisfied

194

46.75

 Very satisfied

86

20.72

3. Can the existing training solve problems encountered during work?

 Completely cannot solve

1

0.24

 Mostly cannot solve

17

4.1

 Neutral

121

29.16

 Mostly can solve

215

51.81

 Completely can solve

61

14.7

4. Should training content be increased?

 Yes

302

72.77

 No

113

27.23

5. What training content should be added?

 Comprehensive geriatric assessment

198

47.71

 Geriatric rehabilitation healthcare

186

44.82

 Chronic disease management

185

44.58

 Geriatric nutrition

172

41.45

 Geriatric nursing technology

148

35.66

 Geriatric physiology

147

35.42

 Humanistic geriatric care

143

34.46

 Health education

137

33.01

 Risk management and prevention

115

27.71

 Professional ethics and laws and regulations

84

20.24

 Operation management

63

15.18

 Scientific research

60

14.46

6. How should training be conducted?

 Self-study online video courses

297

71.57

 Work hours used to focus on training

194

46.75

 Intensive training during spare time

112

26.75

7. What are the current training problems?

 Lack of training opportunities

189

45.54

 Single training methods

159

38.31

 Duration of training time or location is inappropriate

158

38.07

 Training content is not practical

78

18.8

 Trainers are not sufficiently professional

46

11.08

 Other

22

5.3