Studying the opinions of nurses of health care organizations about continuing education
Introduction. The effectiveness of the system of continuing medical education of healthcare workers depends on many factors. One of them is the attitude of the trainees themselves to the system of continuous medical education. The purpose of the study is to study the opinions of nurses of healthcare organizations on the state and prospects of continuous professional education. Materials and research methods. The study was conducted by the method of questioning nurses of healthcare organizations (N=507). The age of nurses is from 20 to 70 years and older. Results. According to personal data, the majority of nurses (72.9%) undergo regular advanced training, the reasons for untimely training are: family circumstances, lack of vouchers, refusal from the administration. The main motive that motivated them to undergo training is to improve theoretical and practical skills (52.7%), 91.7% of respondents are satisfied with the training, more than 1/3 of the respondents offer short term courses and training aimed at acquiring practical skills. Conclusions. The results of the survey indicate that at present, lifelong education does not fully provide high quality training of specialists and it needs to be improved and modernized with the introduction of international recommendations, standards and new innovative approaches.