| Objective: To explore the underlying structure of competency evaluation items for dispatched personnel in National Cancer Regional Medical Centers and compare competency differences among personnel with different characteristics. Methods: A total of 31 dispatched personnel from Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shenzhen Hospital were evaluated by hospital staff. Questionnaires were distributed to all staff, and 1,044 valid responses were collected, in which the 12 competency items were rated. To eliminate differences in the number of raters per person, the average score of all raters per item for each dispatched personnel was calculated. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was then performed to extract common factors and compute factor scores. Independent samples t-test was used to compare factor scores between personnel with different positions and professional titles. Results: Three common factors were extracted, with a cumulative variance explained of 78.64%. Factor 1 was named “Management and Collaboration Ability” (including job competence, communication and coordination, team performance, goal achievement, and work efficiency). Factor 2 was named “Professional and Executive Ability” (including professional ability, innovation ability, and performance ability). Factor 3 was named “Attitude and Discipline” (including responsibility, integrity and morality, and attendance). Personnel with administrative positions scored higher than those without on Factor 1 (P<0.05), and personnel with senior professional titles scored higher than those with intermediate titles on Factor 2 (P<0.05). Conclusion: The competency of dispatched personnel presents a clear three?dimensional structure. The strengths of personnel with different positions and professional titles vary across dimensions. Differentiated training and assessment strategies should be developed for different groups. |
