Australasian Paramedic Attitudes and Perceptions about Continuing Professional Development

Facilitators, Barriers and Motivators of Paramedic Continuing Professional Development

“…Australian paramedics are now registered health professionals and as such are required to engage in CPD. Through understanding facilitators, barriers and motivators, paramedics can begin to traverse the gaps between CPD and LLL by choosing formal and/or informal LLL activities and opportunities (1). References 3,8,11,14,[16][17][18][19][20] Participation in CPD is a mandatory requirement to maintain professional/regulatory standards in many professions (6)(7)(8)(9)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15).…”

“…However, professional obligation is not the sole reason why health professionals engage in CPD activities. Learners who feel personal and/or professional fulfilment when participating in CPD activities are more likely to continue to engage in LLL (1,6,7). Factors that assist engagement in CPD are referred to as 'facilitators' (Table 1).…”

“…The facilitators, barriers and motivating factors of health professionals' engagement in continuing professional development (CPD) has been discussed extensively in the peer-reviewed literature, however there is a dearth of research focussed on the paramedic context. For the purposes of this study, CPD was defined as formal or informal learning activities or opportunities that can be linked to the provision of a gold standard of patient care, practitioner professionalism and/or competence, and clinical advancement (1). The wider health literature demonstrates benefits in moving the focus of CPD from mandated activities to an intervention that facilitates filling professional performance gaps of the learner (2).…”

“…Often, the goal of CPD is to support the practitioner to develop competencies and navigate any professional challenges they may encounter within their discipline (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7). LLL is also linked to practitioner competence, however it is a philosophy that supports professional growth, and encompasses broader concepts such as quality improvement and professionalism (1,(8)(9)(10). Australian paramedics are now registered health professionals and as such are required to engage in CPD.…”

Viewpoints about Educational Language Policies: Multilingualism in Sweden and Switzerland

“…The creation of a secure learning environment for pre-service teachers to explore and discuss linguistic diversity is suggested after the detection of consensual, but somewhat insecure attitudes towards more support for linguistic minority students in Yang and Montgomery (2013). Finally, teachers' self-perception of their cultural competence is studied by Hobbs (2011), who concludes with the call for an improved definition of the concept.…”