Graduate ancillary health care workers' perceptions of the ancillary health care learnership programme in eThekwini District.
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2014
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Aim
The aim of this study was to describe ancillary health care workers’ perceptions of the
Ancillary Health Care Learnership programme, and their current employment status within
the health care sector.
Methods
A non-experimental cross sectional survey was used that incorporated complementary mixed
method data collection (Balnaves & Caputi, 2001; Polit & Beck, 2010). Quantitative data
collected during the first phase, a telephonic interview assisted self-report questionnaire was
used to inform semi structured focus group interviews that took place during the second
phase to obtain richer descriptions and explore response and results of the phase 1 cross
sectional survey (Bell, 2005). A Convenience sample of ninety two (n=92) was achieved for
the telephonic interview assisted self- report questionnaire, and was substantially lower that
the number of potential participants (N=200). Purposive sampling was used to obtain fifteen
(N=15) potential key informant participants, a final sample of nine (n=9) achieved for the
focus group interviews.
Results
The research revealed that majority (69%) of participants had their expectations of the course
met. Subjects such as agriculture and business plan were perceived as not valuable and
participants recommended that these be removed from the course. Computer course
information was seen as and needed addition in order to bridge the skills gap and improve the
opportunities for employment.Despite particpants perceptions of the course being met,
expectations regarding emplyment were not. Employment rates were low, specifically within
the health care sector.
Conclusion and Recommendations
The Ancillary Health Care Programme has not assisted the graduates in gaining employment.
The review of the Ancillary Health Care Programme and some of the unit standards is one of
the recommended options that can be done to improve the employment opportunities.
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Theses (M.N.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2014.
Keywords
Nurses' aides--Study and teaching--KwaZulu-Natal--eThekwini District--Attitudes., Allied health personnel--Study and teaching--KwaZulu-Natal--Ethekwini District--Attitudes., Medical care--Study and teaching--KwaZulu-Natal--eThekwini District., Theses--Nursing research.