When asked to evaluate their overall proficiency across the Core Competencies at the beginning of their program, 5.7% of respondents scored their proficiency as very good, none rated their proficiency as outstanding, with the majority of respondents needing improvement (40.0%).
As students progressed through the program, we observed a shift where the majority of respondents scored themselves as having very good or outstanding proficiency in many of the Core Competencies at the end of the program.
Respondents felt most proficient in Competency 6.2 "Interpret information for professional, non-professional and community audiences" with 97.1% scoring their proficiency as very good (50.0%) or outstanding (47.1%).
The majority of respondents (greater than 50%) scored their proficiency as very good or outstanding in 31 of the 35 competencies.
Respondents felt least proficient in Competency 3.4 "Implement a policy or program and/or take appropriate action to address a specific public health issue" with 35.3% scoring their proficiency as very good (26.5%) or outstanding (8.8%).
The other four competencies where less than 50% of respondents scored their proficiency as very good or outstanding were in Policy and Program Planning, Implementation and Evaluation (3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.8).
At the end of their program, the proportion of respondents who scored their proficiency as very good or outstanding in each of the Core Competencies ranged from 35.3-97.135.3-97.1%itional file 3).
'They will be very good at improving the immediate tactical proficiency of some of the Iraqi military, but they will be less prepared to address the longterm health of the Iraqi army.'.
"They will be very good at improving the immediate tactical proficiency of some of the Iraqi military, but they will be less prepared to address the longterm health of the Iraqi army," said retired US Lieutenant General James Dubik, who led the training of Iraqi forces in 2007 and 2008.
Table 4 Distribution of respondents based on proficiency in computer applications Proficiency No experience Limited Average Good Very good Use of computer 0 3 3 3 2 MS Excel 0 5 0 5 1 Eviews 7 2 0 2 0 SPSS 5 5 0 1 0 Stata 9 2 0 0 0 Source: Author's compilation based on diagnostic evaluation of potential trainees on policy analysis.
