THE

"KOULAGNA'
S
COMPETENC
Y
ASSESSMEN
T" METHOD
(KCA%)

By Dr
Koulagna,
R.E.
MBBS Benin
-abridged
version

OUTLINE
Introduction
Abstracts
Literature review
References
The assessment test
Factor x
Factor y (parameter a and b)
Formulae

OUTLINE
Interpretation of results
A Nigerian survey - ongoing
Online world survey - ongoing
Dedication/ Appreciations

INTRODUCTION
In over ten years of practise as a
medical professional, I have worked
with health workers at the
grassroots. My work has spanned
four of the six geopolitical zones of
Nigeria. With their varied cultures
and socioeconomic differences, their
disease patterns are also varied.

INTRODUCTION

However, the attitude of the health

workers were also found to be very
different, even amongst workers in
the same facility.
The type of health facility also pose
a significant difference in its
functioning and service delivery.

INTRODUCTION
Certain factors seem to affect the
competency of these workers. Hence
the journey to descover how
competency can be easily assessed
and improved upon.
This work plays a role in the revival
of competency at a personalized
front, which is the first of the 3Rs;
revival,rewards and risk: the
currency of competency.

The "Koulagna's
Competency
ABSTRACTS
Assessment" method relates
competency to two factors. Factor x
is the knowledge based assessment
which includes theoretical learning
and/ or apprenticeship based
learning while factor y is the
unlearned parameter which is
further divided into two. Parameter
a is the quantitative assessment of
individuality and parameter b is
the quantitative assessment

of purposefulness.
ABSTRACTS
The higher the factor y, the more
significant is the improvement
achieved with competency
enhancement programing.
The kca method works with the
assumptions that both learned and
unlearned factors contribute
equally to competency and that
both individuality and
purposefulness exert equal
magnitutinal effects.

ABSTRACTS
The accuracy of the final scoring
bares on the trust that every
question is answered with utmost
sincerity and that no question is left
unanswered.

LITERATURE REVIEW

Donald Trump in his show

compared self taught versus
academic qualification over a series
of weeks by performing related
tasks. He says that "the only way to
know whether street smarts or book
smarts is better is to look at
individual people in their own right.
Assessing people using their
knowledge and skill is an on the job
situation".

LITERATURE REVIEW
He was of the opinion that
competency assessment is all
about providing a way of
building the skills and
knowledge people need to
perform their current job as well
as developing people for their
future roles in succession.

LITERATURE REVIEW
The Public Health Foundation
defines competency as "any
knowledge or skill of an individual or
organization that has been shown to
cause or predict outstanding
performance. A collection of
competencies make up a
behavioural road map that is
directly related to both
individual and organizational

LITERATURE REVIEW
Janet Place(MPH North Carolina),
developed the competency
assessment for public health
professionals.
Her assessment classifies the public
health worker into three tiers. Each
tier is assessed by certain core
competency requirements assigned
to it. By definition, this core
competencies represent a set of

LITERATURE REVIEW
health that professionals may
want to possess as they work to
protect and improve the nation's
health.
Her competency indicators includes:
analytical skills, cultural competency,
leadership & systemic thinking,
communication, policy development,
etc

LITERATURE REVIEW

A self assessment of competency

on the University of Victoria's
website, assesses competency in the
workplace and/ or classroom
and/ or daily life. These
assessments can be made before,
during or after these experiences.
They serve as a baseline of current
performance levels against which
future performances or progress can
be evaluated.

LITERATURE REVIEW

It is said that "a person's IQ is

arguably one of their most important
characteristics...and that you can
predict a person's behaviour
more accurately from their IQ
than from any other single piece
of information about them".
By definition, "an intelligence
quotient or IQ is a score derived from
one of several standardized tests
designed to assess intelligence".

LITERATURE REVIEW
It is the ratio of tested mental age to
chronological age.
Hence the importance of a person's
reasoning ability in competency
assessment cannot be
overemphasized.

LITERATURE REVIEW
The KCA method merges the
ideologies of the foregoing into a
simple practical way that defiles
stratification or classification of
persons. It is indeed a straight
forward, all embracing, effective
and fun way of assessing your
competency as a progressive
individual!

REFERENCES
1www.cognology.com.au/cbawhatis.ht
m
2www.phf.org/programs/corecompete
ncies/Pages/About_the_Core_Compete
ncies_for_Public_Health_Professionals.
aspx
3www.uvic.ca/coopandcareer/compet
encykit
4www.iqtest.com

THE
ASSESSMENT
TEST
The assessment test is a form of
applied behavioural analysis. It is
a carefully ordered questionnaire
consisting of three main parts. Each
part has five sections and each
section in turn has a set of twenty
questions. A total of three hundred
questions to be answered. Every
question is accompanied by five
possible answers. There're no wrong
answers. The test is meant for ages
18years and above.

These questions attempt to assess

THE
ASSESSMENT
TEST
fifteen indicators; environmental
inputs, personality type,
motivations, goals, passion,
perception of others, character,
self-perception, convictions,
accountability, reasoning ability,
team spirit, experiences,
examinations and grades. These
indicators are cleverly grouped to
give value to parameter a
(individuality), parameter b
(purposefulness) and factor x

THE ASSESSMENT TEST

Three simple rules apply:
Only one option is selected.
All answers should be with utmost
sincerity.
No question should be left
unanswered.

THE ASSESSMENT TEST

For online survey, scores are
automatically added up and the kca
% arrived at by a coded formulae
embeded in the template. It is also
accompanied by a result
interpretation.
However, for offline survey, each
section is added up, which is the
sum of the numerical value of
each option. The sum of sections 1-

THE ASSESSMENT TEST

The kca% is thus manually calculated
using the given formulae.
The results of each (all fifteen)
section and the kca% should be
submitted via e-mail to Dr Rosemary,
thekcamethod@gmail.com along
with any comment. The age, sex, and
location must be included as well.
Clicking the submit button for
the online survey automatically

FORMULAE

KCA = 100%
=

[(x + y) - 0.4] 100

1.6
Where the values of:
factor x = 100/scores
factor y = (a + b)2
parameter a = 100/scores
parameter b = 100/scores

INTERPRETATION OF
RESULTS
90-99%
70-89%
50-69%
30-49%
20-29%
0-19%

Highly competent
Very competent
Competent
Incompetent
Very incompetent
Highly incompetent

N/B: A more personalized and

detailed interpretation of a kca
score can be given on special
request via the same e-mail:
thekcamethod@gmail.com
This is however the basis for a
well-tailored competency
improvement programing.

Findings
w il l b e
updated at
every
presentatio

Ongoing SURVEYS

DEDICATION

To the
only
selrfexisting
one.

me
a push
APPRECIATIONS
to
continue
this work,
and to my
lovely

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