What helps and hinders doctors in engaging in continuous professional development? An explanatory sequential design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Licensure and registration are the traditional approaches to ensure minimally acceptable standards of care for practice. However, due to advances in medical technology and changes in clinical practice, the knowledge and skills obtained from basic education and training may rapidly become out of date. There is no mandated, structured and ongoing mechanism to assess all doctors' competence in Hong Kong. This paper assessed doctors' perceived needs for continuous professional development, and to identify facilitators and barriers that are likely to influence the implementation of compulsory continuous professional development for maintaining professional competence and ensuring patient safety.

Methods

An explanatory sequential mixed method design with two distinct in

SUBMITTER: Yam CHK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7446888 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature