AHSE2006-通用能力与专用能力：波兰等国雇主的观点.pdfVIP

Advances in Health Sciences Education (2006) Springer 2006 DOI 10.1007/s10459-006-9044-0 Generic Versus Specific Competencies of Entry-Level Public Health Graduates: Employers Perceptions in Poland, the UK, and the Netherlands 1, 1 2 REGIEN G. BIESMA *, MILENA PAVLOVA , RINA VAATSTRA , GODEFRIDUS G. VAN MERODE1 3 , KATARZYNA CZABANOWSKA , TONY SMITH4 and WIM GROOT1,5 1Department of Health Organisation, Policy, and Economics, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; 2ICLON/Hoger Onderwijs, University of Leiden, The Netherlands; 3Institute of Public Health, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonska University, Krakow, Poland; 4ScHARR, Sheffield University, Sheffield, United Kingdom; 5Research Center on Schooling, Labor Market and Economic Development, Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (*author for correspondence, E-mail: r.biesma@beoz. unimaas.nl) (Received: 11 June 2006; Accepted 9 October 2006) Abstract. Constant changes in society and the public health domain force public health professionals into new roles and the development of new competencies. Public health profes- sionals will need to be trained to respond to this challenge. The aim of this comparative study among Poland, the UK and the Netherlands is to identify competence needs for Master of Public Health graduates entering the labour market from a European perspective. A self-administered questionnaire was sent to employers in the three countries, rating the importance of competency in public health on a masters level. In all three countries, interpersonal competencies, like team working and communication skills, a