Continuous professional development is the method by which doctors maintain their knowledge, abilities, and attitudes up to date to meet the demands of their patients, the health service, and their career growth. The goal of this study is to evaluate Sri Lanka's present continuous professional development program for medical officers. This qualitative study was conducted from January 2020 to August 2020 at the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. Data was gathered through in-depth interviews, as well as two focus group discussions and a review of the literature. In 2010, the Sri Lanka Medical Association launched a new initiative with the assistance of the Sri Lanka Medical Council, the Ministry of Health, and the professional colleges, which was partially successful. However, this program could not be sustained for an extended period. At the movement, there is no well-organized continuous professional development program for Sri Lankan doctors. Continuous professional development activities are not required for doctors in Sri Lanka to practice or renew their registration. In the absence of a well-organized and streamlined program for medical officers, medical officers' lack of interest in participating in programs, the fact that programs do not reach out to remote areas of the country, and a lack of financial incentives for continuous professional development activities have all been identified as major reasons for non-engagement in activities. Based on the findings of this study, it is suggested that the ministry establish a central body to organize, streamline, and coordinate programs, that an annual calendar should be prepared and published on the ministry website, that a mechanism is developed to link continuous professional development activities to the renewal of the Sri Lanka Medical Council registration, and that a web-based mechanism to be established to bring medical officers working in rural hospitals for programs.

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The purpose of this study was to determine primary health care workers' knowledge, attitudes, and skills in establishing health promotion settings in the Kalutara district of Sri Lanka.In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, data were collected from study participants using a structured, pretested, and self-administered questionnaire.The data was analysed using statistical tests and Chi-square values. The majority (215 people, or 70.0%) had "poor" knowledge. Knowledge was found to be significantly related to educational level, general certificate of education, advance level or higher (p = 0.012), and ability to read English (p = 0.021). Public health experience of less than five years for public health midwives (PHMs) was significantly associated with knowledge (p = 0.002). The attitude level was favourable (204, 69.4 %). The level of knowledge was found to be significantly related to the level of attitudes (p = 0.004). Only 25.1% (77) of those polled had adequate skills. The presence of health promotion settings in their fields was found to be significantly related to skill level (p = 0.000). The availability of healthy settings in the fields of PHMs with the extent of field areas less than the mean (p = 0.017) was significantly associated.The current study concluded that primary health care workers had "poor" knowledge and skills in establishing health promotion settings, but "good" attitudes. The most common barriers identified were a lack of time and insufficient training in the field of health promotion.

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