Abstract
The purpose of this study was to clarify the care workers' self evaluation of professional skills and knowledge related to care management. 357 care workers and control group (775 other kinds of health-social professionals) answered the questionnaire of "Evaluation of professional skills and knowledge", which had 3 mainstreams -basic skills and knowledge, management skills and knowledge, and general evaluation. Each subscale includes essential items for professional skills and knowledge, covering all health-social professions. As the results of investigation, almost all care workers agreed to the framework of this evaluation and items. Difference according to kinds of profession were few. The structure of items related to professional knowledge and skills showed clearly by cluster analysis, and coefficient alphas were more than 0.95 for each subscale. It means that this evaluation would be practical for care workers. This flamework will be useful for care workers to facilitate their coordination with other kinds of professionals on job situations and they will also be able to utilize it in educational situations.
