Postgraduate Education for Nurses and Midwives on the Example of National Medical Institute of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration
Alicja Jakubowska
Profilo Orcid, Dorota Szydlarska
Profilo Orcid, Katarzyna Życińska
Profilo Orcid e Waldemar Wierzba
Profilo Orcid 
Pubblicato online: 15 mar 2025
Pagine: 293 - 301
Ricevuto: 16 gen 2025
Accettato: 20 gen 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jhsm-2024-0014
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© 2024 Alicja Jakubowska et al., published by Sciendo
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Background
Postgraduate education and in-service training for nurses and midwives is an important element of the professional development for these groups of healthcare providers crucial to the quality and availability of health-care. Postgraduate education and in-service training for nurses and midwives are provided by authorized organizations that meet the requirements set forth in the Ordinance of the Minister of Health.
Objectives
The aim of the study was to assess the educational level of postgraduate education for nurses and midwives in years 2013–2023.
Material and methods
The nursing and midwifery staff employees of the National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration (PIM MSWiA), formerly the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration in Warsaw, were grouped into inpatient treatment (including subordinate outpatient clinics) vs outpatient treatment categories. The analyzed data spanned the period between January 2013 and August 2023.
Results
In 2013, only 10 nurses with specialization worked within the outpatient setting as compared to 129 nurses without specialization. By August 2023, the number of nurses and midwives with specialization increased by a factor of five. Regarding the inpatient healthcare group, the number of nurses and midwives without specialization, amounting to 1,043 in 2013, was reduced by half by August 2023. The largest increase in the number of specializations was observed in years 2018–2019 (119 specializations in inpatient treatment and 9 in outpatient treatment).
Conclusions
The achieved trend of improving the staff competencies is fully satisfactory, and the direction should be followed by the Institute’s management in the future.