Training and its challenges to hospital staff under Ghana health service: a case study of trauma and specialist hospital, Winneba

Abstract

The study examined the training and its challenges to hospital employees under the Ghana Health Service of the Trauma Hospital at Winneba in the Central Region. The case study research design was adopted for the study. Through the use of census sampling and the simple random sampling procedures 60 hospital employees were selected to participate in the study. The questionnaire was used to gather the requisite data for the study. The data were analyzed through the computation of descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, as well as mean of means distributions. The study among other things found out that training is organized for the employees only once in a while i.e. once in a year. With this, the hospital staffs are mostly offered with both on-the-job and off-the-job training. Job instructional training was the type of on-the-job training that was mostly offered to the employees whereas the off-the-job type of training was offered during workshop to hospital staff. Also, it was found out that, there is lack of interest and committed management; insufficient budget; lack of motivation; lack of recognition of performance of hospital employees; and lack of promotion characterized the kind of environment at the workplace of the hospital employees. The study recommended that frequent training, on-the-job and off-the-job training, should be organized for the hospital staff both senior and junior staff members so that staff members are abreast with current trends of attending to the health needs of patients. Again, management should show interest, commitment, and active participation towards and during organizing training programmes in order to motivate hospital employees to also take part in training programmes in order for hospital staff members to recognize the need for such training programmes to their development.