Report of the H-Net Competence Survey Interim analysis based on the survey data up to 3 May 2010 Eva Hellström-Lindberg, H-Net project leader, for the National Societies Meeting of June 9, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain

Result from the previous LdV project (2004-06) Annual number of specialists completing training per million inhabitants (2004 – 2006 average) * data unavailable

CV Passport launched 2006

H-Net 2009-11 The map The empowerment The network The policy

Aim of the H-net survey To describe the self-assessed competence profile of junior specialists in hematology who have finished training <9 years performed >75% of the training in the country in question Anonymized results Competence defined as at or above passport recommendation To provide “maps” of individual countries as well as a European overview

Types of sample representativeness Respondents identified by the National representatives: All (national registries) All who agreed to submit email address to project Broad cohort obtained by other registries Other selections

Basis for interim analysis Red samples: population (all eligible hematologists) * Data unavailable

Data cleaning and analysis Step 1: Country of specialist training. Step 2: Answer patterns; straight lining. Step 3: Adding equal weight to each country Step 4: Computing new variables on subsection level May 3, 2010 N=222 N=192 after cleaning

Results: Demographics Median age: 37 years (range 28 – 58) Median total training time: 7.5 years (2.0 – 17.5) Median training time in hematology: 5.4 years (1.3 – 8.3)

passport items & subsections Results Selected passport items & subsections Europe weighted data

Summary Vast heterogeneity Interpretation of data based on Length of training Specialty (hematology or double) Types of hospital/education systems Disease incidence Gross Domestic Product National organization of health care Results to national societies  comments to H-Net Revision / update of the CV Passport 2010

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