确定新流行病学家所需的技能:加拿大招聘公告和士课程的内容分析
Karli E Chalmers1, Kelsey L Spence1
1Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Frontiers in public health
|October 4, 2024
概括
新出现的公共卫生威胁需要熟练的流行病学家. 加拿大科学士课程在分析技能和研究方法方面与就业市场的需求保持一致,但应该加强软技能培训,以更好地准备职业生涯.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 医疗卫生工作人员发展发展.
背景情况:
- 越来越多的公共卫生威胁增加了对加拿大的合格流行病学家的需求.
- 需要评估研究生流行病学课程中教导的技能与劳动力需求之间的一致性.
研究的目的:
- 确定加拿大的入门级流行病学家的基本知识,技能和能力 (KSA).
- 评估这些KSA与加拿大研究生流行病学课程的课程的一致性.
主要方法:
- 对295个加拿大"流行病学"职位公告 (2023年5月至12月) 的诱导性内容分析,要求士学位.
- 18个科学士 (MSc) 课程描述和核心课程的诱导性内容分析.
主要成果:
- 在招聘公告中最需要的KSA是:沟通 (90.8%),分析 (90.5%),软技能 (86.1%),研究方法 (73.6%) 和流行病学概念 (57.6%).
- 士课程始终涵盖分析技能,研究方法和流行病学概念.
- 94.4%的课程涉及沟通技能,而软技能仅在50.0%的课程中提及; 33.3%的课程缺乏明确的学习目标.
结论:
- 加拿大流行病学就业市场与士课程在分析技能和研究方法方面存在显著的对齐.
- 研究生流行病学课程应优先发展和明确概述软技能,以提高研究生就业能力.
- 建议为培训流行病学家制定标准化的能力陈述,以确保课程的一致性和职业准备.
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