Dear Colleague,
You are invited to participate in an
international Delphi survey on the
common core competencies of specialist Occupational Physicians which is being conducted by researchers at the
University of Glasgow Institute for Health and Wellbeing.
As you are aware, identification of the required competencies is important to ensure our Occupational
Medicine specialty is relevant to
the needs of workers. Previous research on this subject
has identified the current
competencies which should be acquired through
specialist training in a number of countries.
We acknowledge the varying roles of Occupational
physicians around the world, due to differences in legislation and customer/
workforce needs. However, we are seeking to identify the opinions of specialist occupational
physicians internationally about your present priorities with regard to core competencies.
We
conducted the first round of the study where we asked participants to RATE principle domain competencies and
their subsections. For those who completed questionnaires in that round, we
would like to thank you very much for your participation, which has been
invaluable in providing international feedback from many countries on this very
important subject.
In this second round of the study all specialist OHP’s
are welcome to participate, irrespective of whether you participated in round
one or not. We have included additional competency items suggested from participants of the first round in the questionnaire and we are asking you on this occasion to RANK the competencies in order of importance using the scale ranges described at the start of each section. Importantly, no two items can be awarded the same score.
We would be most grateful therefore, if you could complete the survey below which will take approximately 20 minutes.
The results for each country (as well as the overall results) once collated, will be made available through the key contacts disseminating the questionnaires in each country, in order that it can be used to inform and improve specialist training locally.
If you have any questions about this research please contact either:
Professor Ewan B Macdonald – email: ewan.macdonald@glasgow.ac.uk Tel: 0141 330 3559.
or
Dr Drushca Lalloo - email: drushca@hotmail.com Tel: 0141 330 3559
We thank you very much in advance for your assistance with this exciting piece of work.
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences
Healthy Working Lives Group
University of Glasgow
1 Lilybank Gardens
Glasgow
G12 8RZ
Scotland, UK
Tel: 0044 141 330 3559
By completing this questionnaire, you are consenting to take part in this entirely voluntary study
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