INFLUENCE OF TRAINING ON JOB PERFORMANCE OF HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGERS IN TEACHING HOSPITALS IN OSUN STATE

Abstract

The study assessed the training and job performance of health information managers in Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital and Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osun State. The study adopted a survey research design. The population comprised of all health information managers in the selected teaching hospital and there was a total of one hundred and fifty-seven (157) staff across the selected university teaching hospital in the study locale. A total of 157 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved from the health information managers in the selected teaching hospital representing a 100% return rate. The data generated were coded and a descriptive analysis was carried out with frequency distribution tables where appropriate, mean, and standard deviation were used as a measure of central tendency and measures of dispersion. Health information managers recorded high levels with indicators recording a minimum of 80% level of performance.  On-the-job and off-the-job training was strongly agreed to with the respondents agreeing to the high existence of both types of training. Respondents are varied in their opinions in connection with stated challenges. Some of the respondents agreed to the stated challenges while others disagreed. Staff level of education (86.5%), inadequate support from medical bodies (88.5%), motivation, (87.3%) lack of adoption of EHRs (82.2%), and job satisfaction (87.9%) were recorded as challenges facing job performance in the selected teaching hospitals in Osun State.   The result indicated that an increase in the training will lead to a .374 units increase in job performance. The significant value is 0.000 which is less than 0.05. The aforementioned hypothesis was tested at a 0.05 level of significance using linear regression analysis. The null hypothesis assumed that there was a relationship of effect exists between the variables under consideration. The significant level is 0.000 (P-value is .000) which the p<0.0005, the test was significant (there is a significant relationship). Therefore the null hypothesis should be rejected.