Abstract
The Fukui General Hospital Medical Welfare Facility has a total number of personnel of 1, 014. In 2003 a Staff Education Committee was established and an education system for the whole staff was introduced the same year. The system consists of staff training regulations, workshop introductions and regulations related to business trips (attending academic conferences or workshops). Staff training is divided into two parts: 1. a specified mandatory training and 2. an autonomous independent training. The specified mandatory training includes training for new employees, training for those who have been working for 3 months, training for those who have been working for 3 years, and training for executive officers. The autonomous independent training is defined by presentations and attendance. Depending on the service needed, each type of training is converted into smaller units.
A target number of units is set for each type of training. The facility's workshop regulations define the approval criteria for workshops inside the center. Attendance to academic conferences or workshops outside of the center is to be approved according to presentations of the previous year. A study showed that in fiscal 2004, attendance of the new employee training was 93.5% and 90.0% for those who have been working for 3 years. The target achievement rate for attendance of the autonomous independent training is 68.2%, but presentations are evaluated only every 5 years and no results have yet been obtained. However, 73.5% of the staff never acquired even one presentation unit last year. 59 workshops and other events were held in the facility that year.
By introducing this education system for the whole staff, a consistent education and evaluation process has been made possible. In the future the target achievement rate and quality of training will need further improvement.
