A Hybrid Analytic Hierarchy Process and Likert Scale Approach for the Quality Assessment of Medical Education Programs

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作者
Ponsiglione, Alfonso Maria [1 ]
Amato, Francesco [1 ,2 ]
Cozzolino, Santolo [3 ]
Russo, Giuseppe [4 ]
Romano, Maria [1 ]
Improta, Giovanni [2 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Naples Federico II, Dept Elect Engn & Informat Technol, I-80125 Naples, Italy
[2] Univ Naples Federico II, Interdepartmental Ctr Res Healthcare Management &, I-80125 Naples, Italy
[3] Natl Hosp AORN A Cardarelli, UOC Formaz Ric Cooperaz & Internazionale, I-80131 Naples, Italy
[4] Natl Hosp AORN A Cardarelli, I-80131 Naples, Italy
[5] Univ Naples Federico II, Sch Med & Surg, Dept Publ Hlth, I-80125 Naples, Italy
关键词
medical education; analytic hierarchy process; Likert scale; multicriteria decision making; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY-ASSESSMENT; EXTENT ANALYSIS METHOD; DECISION-MAKING; PROCESS AHP; FUZZY AHP; PATIENT SATISFACTION; ASSESSMENT HTA; OF-CARE; SELECTION; TOOL;
D O I
10.3390/math10091426
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O1 [数学];
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0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
The quality assessment of training courses is of utmost importance in the medical education field to improve the quality of the training. This work proposes a hybrid multicriteria decision-making approach based on two methodologies, a Likert scale (LS) and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), for the quality assessment of medical education programs. On one hand, the qualitative LS method was adopted to estimate the degree of consensus on specific topics; on the other hand, the quantitative AHP technique was employed to prioritize parameters involved in complex decision-making problems. The approach was validated in a real scenario for evaluating healthcare training activities carried out at the Centre of Biotechnology of the National Hospital A.O.R.N. "A. Cardarelli" of Naples (Italy). The rational combination of the two methodologies proved to be a promising decision-making tool for decision makers to identify those aspects of a medical education program characterized by a lower user satisfaction degree (revealed by the LS) and a higher priority degree (revealed by the AHP), potentially suggesting strategies to increase the quality of the service provided and to reduce the waste of resources. The results show how this hybrid approach can provide decision makers with helpful information to select the most important characteristics of the delivered education program and to possibly improve the weakest ones, thus enhancing the whole quality of the training courses.
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