5. INTRODUCTION
In over ten years of practise as a medical
professional, I have worked with health
workers at the grassroots. My work has
spanned four of the six geopolitical zones of
Nigeria. With their varied cultures and
socioeconomic differences, their disease
patterns are also varied.
6. INTRODUCTION
However, the attitude of the health workers
were also found to be very different, even
amongst workers in the same facility.
The type of health facility also pose a
significant difference in its functioning and
service delivery.
7. INTRODUCTION
Certain factors seem to affect the competency
of these workers. Hence the journey to
descover how competency can be easily
assessed and improved upon.
This work plays a role in the revival of
competency at a personalized front, which is
the first of the 3Rs; revival,rewards and risk:
the currency of competency.
8. ABSTRACTS
The "Koulagna's Competency Assessment"
method relates competency to two factors.
Factor x is the knowledge based assessment
which includes theoretical learning and/ or
apprenticeship based learning while factor y
is the unlearned parameter which is further
divided into two. Parameter a is the
quantitative assessment of individuality and
parameter b is the quantitative assessment
9. ABSTRACTS
of purposefulness.
The higher the factor y, the more significant is
the improvement achieved with competency
enhancement programing.
The kca method works with the assumptions
that both learned and unlearned factors
contribute equally to competency and that
both individuality and purposefulness exert
equal magnitutinal effects.
10. ABSTRACTS
The accuracy of the final scoring bares on the
trust that every question is answered with
utmost sincerity and that no question is left
unanswered.
11. LITERATURE REVIEW
❖Donald Trump in his show compared self
taught versus academic qualification over a
series of weeks by performing related tasks.
He says that "the only way to know whether
street smarts or book smarts is better is to
look at individual people in their own right.
Assessing people using their knowledge and
skill is an on the job situation".
12. LITERATURE REVIEW
He was of the opinion that competency
assessment is all about providing a way of
building the skills and knowledge people
need to perform their current job as well as
developing people for their future roles in
succession.
13. LITERATURE REVIEW
❖The Public Health Foundation defines
competency as "any knowledge or skill of an
individual or organization that has been
shown to cause or predict outstanding
performance. A collection of competencies
make up a behavioural road map that is
directly related to both individual and
organizational performance.
14. LITERATURE REVIEW
❖Janet Place(MPH North Carolina), developed the
competency assessment for public health
professionals.
Her assessment classifies the public health
worker into three tiers. Each tier is assessed
by certain core competency requirements
assigned to it. By definition, this core
competencies represent a set of skulls
desireable for the broad practise of public
15. LITERATURE REVIEW
health that professionals may want to
possess as they work to protect and improve
the nation's health.
Her competency indicators includes: analytical
skills, cultural competency, leadership &
systemic thinking, communication, policy
development, etc
16. LITERATURE REVIEW
❖A self assessment of competency on the
University of Victoria's website, assesses
competency in the workplace and/ or
classroom and/ or daily life. These
assessments can be made before, during or
after these experiences.
They serve as a baseline of current
performance levels against which future
performances or progress can be evaluated.
17. LITERATURE REVIEW
❖It is said that "a person's IQ is arguably one of
their most important characteristics...and
that you can predict a person's behaviour
more accurately from their IQ than from any
other single piece of information about
them".
By definition, "an intelligence quotient or IQ is
a score derived from one of several
standardized tests designed to assess
intelligence".
18. LITERATURE REVIEW
It is the ratio of tested mental age to
chronological age.
Hence the importance of a person's reasoning
ability in competency assessment cannot be
overemphasized.
19. LITERATURE REVIEW
❖The KCA method merges the ideologies of the
foregoing into a simple practical way that
defiles stratification or classification of
persons. It is indeed a straight forward, all
embracing, effective and fun way of
assessing your competency as a progressive
individual!
21. THE ASSESSMENT TEST
The assessment test is a form of applied
behavioural analysis. It is a carefully ordered
questionnaire consisting of three main parts.
Each part has five sections and each section in
turn has a set of twenty questions. A total of
three hundred questions to be answered.
Every question is accompanied by five
possible answers. There're no wrong answers.
The test is meant for ages 18years and above.
22. THE ASSESSMENT TEST
These questions attempt to assess fifteen
indicators; environmental inputs, personality
type, motivations, goals, passion, perception
of others, character, self-perception,
convictions, accountability, reasoning ability,
team spirit, experiences, examinations and
grades. These indicators are cleverly grouped
to give value to parameter a (individuality),
parameter b (purposefulness) and factor x
(knowledge)
23. THE ASSESSMENT TEST
Three simple rules apply:
◆ Only one option is selected.
◆All answers should be with utmost sincerity.
◆No question should be left unanswered.
24. THE ASSESSMENT TEST
For online survey, scores are automatically
added up and the kca% arrived at by a coded
formulae embeded in the template. It is also
accompanied by a result interpretation.
However, for offline survey, each section is
added up, which is the sum of the numerical
value of each option. The sum of sections 1-5
gives the value of factor x, that of 6-10 gives
para a and that of 11-15 gives para b.
25. THE ASSESSMENT TEST
The kca% is thus manually calculated using
the given formulae.
The results of each (all fifteen) section and
the kca% should be submitted via e-mail to Dr
Rosemary, thekcamethod@gmail.com along
with any comment. The age, sex, and location
must be included as well.
Clicking the submit button for the online
survey automatically does that.
26. FORMULAE
KCA = 100%
= [(x + y) - 0.4] × 100
1.6
Where the values of:
✓ factor x = 100/scores
✓factor y = (a + b)÷2
✓parameter a = 100/scores
✓parameter b = 100/scores
27. INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS
❑90-99% Highly competent
❑70-89% Very competent
❑50-69% Competent
❑30-49% Incompetent
❑20-29% Very incompetent
❑0-19% Highly incompetent
28. ✧N/B: A more personalized and detailed
interpretation of a kca score can be given on
special request via the same e-mail:
thekcamethod@gmail.com
✧ This is however the basis for a well-tailored
competency improvement programing.
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