A Progressive Model for Quality Benchmarks of Trainees’ Satisfaction in Medical Education: Towards Strategic Enhancement of Residency Training Programs at Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS)

Abdulrahman Housawi, Amal Al Amoudi, Basim Alsaywid, Miltiadis Lytras, Yara H. bin Μoreba, Wesam Abuznadah, Fadi Munshi, Sami Al Haider and Abrar W. Tolah
Additional contact information
Abdulrahman Housawi: Planning and Organizational Excellence Administration, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh 11614, Saudi Arabia
Amal Al Amoudi: Planning and Organizational Excellence Administration, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh 11614, Saudi Arabia
Basim Alsaywid: Planning and Organizational Excellence Administration, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh 11614, Saudi Arabia
Miltiadis Lytras: Planning and Organizational Excellence Administration, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh 11614, Saudi Arabia
Yara H. bin Μoreba: Planning and Organizational Excellence Administration, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh 11614, Saudi Arabia
Wesam Abuznadah: Executive Presidency of Academic Affairs, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh 11614, Saudi Arabia
Fadi Munshi: Planning and Organizational Excellence Administration, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh 11614, Saudi Arabia
Sami Al Haider: Executive Presidency of Academic Affairs, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh 11614, Saudi Arabia
Abrar W. Tolah: Planning and Organizational Excellence Administration, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh 11614, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 23, 1-39

Abstract: The latest developments in Sustainable Health focus on the provision of high quality medical training to health specialists, with a special focus on human factors. The need to promote effective Training Programs also reflects the job satisfaction needs of trainees. The objective of this study is to evaluate the trainees’ satisfaction with the quality of Training Programs and assess the degree of achievement based on the defined parameters to provide baseline data based on which strategies for improvement can be formulated. Our study was conducted in Saudi Arabia and our targeted population was residents in medical programs supervised by the Saudi Commission for the Health Specialties (SCFHS). The trainees’ response rate to the online survey was 27% (3696/13,688) and the key aspects of job satisfaction investigated include: Satisfaction with Academic Activities in the Center; Satisfaction with the Residents and Colleagues in the Center; Satisfaction with the Administrative Components in the Center; Satisfaction with the Training Programs; Satisfaction with the Specialty; Satisfaction with the Training Center; Satisfaction with the SCFHS. The main contribution of our work is a benchmark model for job satisfaction that can be used as a managerial tool for the enhancement of medical education with reference to the satisfaction of trainees. We analyze the key aspects and components of training satisfaction and we introduce our progressive model for Trainees’ Satisfaction in Medical Training. In future work, we intend to enhance the proposed framework with a set of key performance indicators as well as with a focused cause and effect focused survey on factors related to the key benchmark of this study.

Keywords: job satisfaction; sustainable health; medical training; accreditation; satisfaction; health governance; Saudi Commission for Health Specialties; smart healthcare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/23/10186/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/23/10186/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:23:p:10186-:d:457687

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().