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ARROYAVE BURITICA, Martha Cecilia; GIRALDO PRIETO, Maria Eugenia  y  GONZALEZ RAMIREZ, Miryan. MODEL FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF WORK COMPETENCES AND DEFINITION OF PERFORMANCE CRITERIA IN PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE NURSING AND MEDICINE PROFESSIONALS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CALDAS, 2005-2006. Hacia promoc. Salud [online]. 2007, vol.12, n.1, pp.179-192. ISSN 0121-7577.

In 2000, the OPS made evident the lack of growth of the Latin American countries, regarding human resources in public health. The organization stressed aspects such as the lack of characterization in the work force; the lack of identification of the competences needed for the execution of the essential functions in Public Health and in the improvement of the quality of the labor force. The following study was conducted as an answer to these challenges taking into consideration all the aspects stressed by the OPS, defining the competencies needed by professionals in nursing and medicine. By means of a structure questionnaire, parameters for auto-evaluation, hetero-evaluation and inter-evaluation were identified as points of reference to plan the interventions in Public Health. It was administered to professionals in nursing and medicine through the technique of key informants. Statistical measurements of validity and reliability were also carried out. The formulation of competences and behaviors associated, defined in the present study allows to qualify and evaluate the professionals who work in the field of Public Health, generating among the members of health organizations compromises regarding the efficiency of their functions through the use of the proposed model, which provides support information to plan and implement improvement and modernization measures in the administration, as well as the analysis of workloads.

Palabras clave : Essential Public Health functions; competences; associated behaviors; auto-evaluation; hetero-evaluation and inter-evaluation.

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