Table 3

Priorities in principal domains; ranking—round 2 results with top scoring subsections within each domain

Overall rankRanked principal domains
Highest ranked subsection within each domain		Mean rank±SDMean rank of the 75% percentile of respondentsWeighted rank for subdomain
1*

Good clinical care

  • Take and analyse a clinical and occupational history including an exposure history in a relevant, succinct and systematic manner

2.8±2.13.3
2.1±1.62.3
1*

General principles of assessment and management of occupational hazards to health

  • Understand and apply the principles of risk assessment, that is, recognition of potential hazards in the work environment, evaluating risks and providing advice and information on control measures

2.8±2.73.5
2.3±2.12.2
3

Assessment of disability and fitness for work

  • Assessing and advising on impairment, disability and fitness for work

4.0±2.24.3
1.5±1.33.0
4

Communication skills

  • Be able to communicate effectively orally and in writing with patients and other stakeholders in a manner that they understand

5.8±2.76.7
1.7±1.45.3
5

Ethical and legal issues

  • Be well informed about acts, regulations, codes of practice and guidance relevant to the workplace setting

6.0±2.46.7
2.0±1.311.2
6

Team working and leadership skills

  • Understand how a team works effectively

6.8±2.47.5
2.2±1.415.7
7

Environmental issues related to work practice

  • Recognise and advise on health risks in the general environment arising from industrial activities

6.9±3.18.4
2.1±1.418.0
8

Health promotion

  • Assessing needs for health promotion in a workforce

7.0±3.28.4
1.4±0.620.6
9

Clinical governance/clinical improvement

  • Practice evidence-based medicine

7.3±2.37.5
1.8±1.319.8
10

Management skills

  • Be able to strategically plan and set objectives for delivering an occupational health service

8.5±3.210.0
2.3±1.324.5
11

Teaching and educational supervision

  • Identify learning outcomes and construct educational objectives

9.3±2.19.2
2.6±2.127.9
12

Research methods

  • Be able to define a problem in terms of needs for an evidence base

10.7±2.010.0
2.1±1.526.2

  • *Both domains are marked 1 because they were ranked the same.

  • Bold indicates the mean rank of the principal domains.