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Whose value judgement?
Normative need - an experts opinion,
Felt need - client self-assessment,
Expressed need -(behavior)- use or non-use of
services/facilities,
Comparative need -relative to a reference or
peer group.
Created need - determined by others and
accepted without question, desire or prior
knowledge.
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Problem Identification
The first step in designing a curriculum is
to identify and characterize the health care
problem that will be addressed by
curriculum
How it is currently being addressed?
And how it should be addressed?
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General Needs Assessment
Having defined health care problem, the
next task is to assess current efforts to
address the problem.
The process of current approach to
problem is referred to as “job analysis”.
Assessment of the job that is currently
being done to deal with a problem.
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Ideal Approach
Having determined the current approach to
the problem, the next task is to determine
the ideal approach to the problem referred
to “task analysis”
Assessment of the specific tasks that need
to be performed.
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Task Analysis
Task analysis is a process that is executed in order
to better understand job tasks.
It involves breaking down the job tasks into their
consecutive steps or component parts.
Once broken into parts, each element is analyzed
to determine its relative importance and criticalness
in terms of accomplishing the job task.
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Definitions
• Task: A Specific Operation
• Position: A Group of Tasks Performed by
One Person
• Job: A Group of Similar Positions in a
Single Organization
• Occupation: A Group of Similar Jobs in
Various Organizations
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Service Gap
Service already assigned
to a Job
Service not assigned
to a Job yet
Service appropriate
to the Job
Service not
appropriate to the Job
Work Conditions
appropriate
Work Conditions
inappropriate
Providers competent
to provide service
Providers incompetent
to provide service
Revise Pregraduate
and CME Curriculum
Workforce is
enough
Workforce is
not enough
Consider Workforce
Redistribution
Consider Training and
Employment of more
workforce
Change work
conditions Assign the
service to the
defined Job
Define a new Job
Service does not
match to any of
defined Job
Service match
to one of
defined Job