WORKPLACE FACTORS AND TRAINING SATISFACTION AMONG HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DOCTORS AND NURSES

Abstract

Background: For healthcare professionals to sustain and improve their knowledge and abilities, ongoing professional development is crucial. However, the total training experience may be impacted by how well workplace environment encourage training participation and satisfaction. The combined role of certain workplace characteristics in the context of healthcare professionals in Western Uttar Pradesh has received little attention, despite the fact that earlier research has looked at aspects related to training satisfaction and continuing education. Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the relationship between a few workplace variables and healthcare professional’s satisfaction with their training. Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study approach was used. An adapted standardized questionnaire was used to gather information from 200 doctors and 200 nurses. Training satisfaction was measured on 5 Likert scale while the organizational workplace factors were assessed through descriptive statistics. The independent sample t test and multiple linear regression methods were applied in SPSS to evaluate the overall relationship between the six workplace factors and training satisfaction. Results: The study offers an empirical evaluation of the relationship between training satisfaction among healthcare professionals and various employment situations. In the independent-samples t-test, supportive supervision was the only one of the six workplace factors that showed a statistically significant difference in training satisfaction (t (198) = −2.084, p =.038). There were no significant variations in satisfaction amongst the other categories (p >.05), including staff support, infrastructure, equipment access, administrative load, and team coordination. The six workplace characteristics taken together in the multiple regression analysis showed the model as a whole was not statistically significant (F (6,193) = 1.861, p =.089). However, training satisfaction was significantly positively correlated with supportive supervision and negatively correlated with equipment access at the individual predictor level. Conclusion: The results imply that workplace factors, especially supportive supervision, may have an impact on healthcare professionals' training satisfaction. However, there was no statistically significant correlation found between the six workplace characteristics and training satisfaction. While in order to get a better understanding of the workplace variables that influence training satisfaction, bigger sample sizes and more thorough measurements of workplace and training-related characteristics are required in future research.