Status of Knowledge Sharing Practices among Health Professionals, the Mechanisms and Tools that Foster Knowledge

Abstract

Knowledge is considered as a prime asset of organizations because it is among the vital resources, especially knowledge intensive organizations like, health sector. However, the practices and implementation of knowledge sharing is still in its infancy healthcare institutions. The main aim of this study was to investigate the status of knowledge sharing practices among health professionals in Assosa Hospital, Ethiopia and the mechanisms and tools that nurture knowledge sharing in this public hospital. To carry out this research, a cross-sectional research design, qualitative and quantitative methods was used. A questionnaire and semi-structured interviews were used as data collecting tools. To analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistics was used with SPSS version 20. The vast majority of the respondents (89%) said that there is no knowledge sharing strategy in Assosa Hospital. As to knowledge sharing, 73% of the respondents disagreed and 18% agreed on healthcare workers share their knowledge, work experience and ideas through group discussions,