Dental nurses' perception of CPD in Wales

Moons, Kirstie; Evans, Siân; Lightowlers, Michael; Bullock, Alison; Barnes, Emma

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“…Participation in CPD for regulated professions was first suggested in ‘ Trust, assurance and safety: The regulation of health professionals’ 21 a government White Paper which set out a programme of reform for the UK’s regulators in July 2006 in response to reports recommending measures to improve and enhance clinical governance in the NHS22 and over the last decade CPD has become a component of revalidation for many health professions 23. Even though work on the perceptions and attitudes to CPD among the professions have identified various perceived barriers to participation,24–27 including some ambivalence about mandatory schemes,28 this analysis shows that compulsory CPD is now a reality for all regulated UK professionals.…”

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Continuing professional development requirements for UK health professionals: a scoping review

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ObjectivesThis paper sets out to establish the numbers and titles of regulated healthcare professionals in the UK and uses a review of how continuing professional development (CPD) for health professionals is described internationally to characterise the postqualification training required of UK professions by their regulators. It compares these standards across the professions and considers them against the best practice evidence and current definitions of CPD.DesignA scoping review.Search strategyWe conducted a search of UK health and social care regulators’ websites to establish a list of regulated professional titles, obtain numbers of registrants and identify documents detailing CPD policy. We searched Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracs (ASSIA), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline, EMCare and Scopus Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences & Humanities databases to identify a list of common features used to describe CPD systems internationally and these were used to organise the review of CPD requirements for each profession.ResultsCPD is now mandatory for the approximately 1.5 million individuals registered to work under 32 regulated titles in the UK. Eight of the nine regulators do not mandate modes of CPD and there is little requirement to conduct interprofessional CPD. Overall 81% of those registered are required to engage in some form of reflection on their learning but only 35% are required to use a personal development plan while 26% have no requirement to engage in peer-to-peer learning.ConclusionsOur review highlights the wide variation in the required characteristics of CPD being undertaken by UK health professionals and raises the possibility that CPD schemes are not fully incorporating the best practice.

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“…This was also noted in other studies among various health professionals [38][39][40]. Health care organization administrators should take note of this barrier and strive to create a climate in which all health professionals irrespective of their status are able to participate in CPD activities [41,42].…”

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Maltese Radiographers' Attitudes towards Continuing Professional Development: An Initial Study Using Concept Maps

Castillo

Caruana

2014

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences

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Purpose: The Council for the Professions Complementary to Medicine in Malta recently published a draft document regarding the introduction of mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) for radiographers. This study explored the attitudes and motivators of Maltese radiographers prior to the implementation of mandatory CPD in order to provide the necessary information required by management to develop CPD successfully. Concept maps are used as part of a methodology to analyse qualitative data.Methods: All radiographers working in the National Health Service were invited to complete an anonymous web-based questionnaire. Results:The study showed that participants generally had a positive attitude towards CPD but were concerned about the mandatory aspect. The participants were mostly motivated by increasing professional knowledge, updating existing qualifications, and enhancing the status of the profession as a whole. Radiographers identified several difficulties with respect to CPD participation, such as lack of funding, lack of management support, and not enough local CPD opportunities. CPD participation was also negatively influenced by family commitments. Conclusion:The study showed that the majority of radiographers were self-motivated to engage in CPD activities, but there were some concerns. Based on these results, the authors suggest recommendations for allaying apprehension and producing the necessary conditions for a successful mandatory CPD scheme.R ESUM E Objet: Le Council of Professions Complimentary to Medicine (CPCM) de la R epublique de Malte a publi e r ecemment une ebauche sur la mise en place de la formation professionnelle continue (FPC) obligatoire pour les technologues en radiologie. L' etude examine les r eactions et les motivations des technologues en radiologie du pays avant l'implantation de la FPC obligatoire pour recueillir les donn ees n ecessaires a la direction qui souhaite instaurer une FPC obligatoire r eussie. On a utilis e les cartes conceptuelles dans la m ethodologie d'analyse des donn ees qualitatives.M ethode: Tous les technologues en radiologie des services de sant e nationaux ont et e invit es a r epondre sans s'identifier a un questionnaire affich e sur le Web.R esultats: L' etude a d emontr e que les participants se montraient plutôt positifs a l' egard de la FPC, mais qu'ils s'inqui etaient qu'on la rende obligatoire. Ils etaient avant tout motiv es par l'augmentation des connaissances professionnelles, la mise a niveau des comp etences et la hausse g en erale du niveau de la profession. Parmi les difficult es cit ees par les technologues en radiologie au sujet de la participation a la FPC, citons le manque de fonds, le manque d'appui de la direction, le manque de formations r egionales. La participation a la FPC est aussi rendue difficile par les obligations familiales.Conclusion: L' etude a d emontr e que la majorit e des technologues en radiologie etaient motiv es a participer a des activit es de FPC, mais que certaines inqui etudes etaient pr esentes.A...

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“…Published research on CPD has highlighted benefits of and barriers to CPD in physiotherapy (Cole et al, 2008;French, 2006;Gunn and Godling, 2009;Johnson, 2008), and generally attitudes towards CPD in healthcare professionals is reported positively in the literature (Bell et al, 2002;Keim et al, 2001;Moons et al, 2012;Sturrock and Lennie, 2009) but none of these studies identified whether there was any variance in responses, in terms of benefits, barriers or attitudes, across different subgroups of physiotherapists, such as at different points on the career ladder, or in different types of roles.…”

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Physiotherapists’ reported attitudes to and perceived influences on their continuing professional development: results of an online questionnaire

Stewart

Wisby

Roddam

2020

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

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Background/aims Intrinsic and extrinsic factors influence physiotherapists’ participation in continuing professional development. A number of benefits of and barriers to participation in continuing professional development are identified in the literature, but relatively little is known about factors that influence attitudes towards continued learning. The aim of this study was to identify factors influencing UK physiotherapists’ attitudes towards continuing professional development, with a focus on career point and type of employment, in the context of motivational theories. Methods An online questionnaire consisting of Likert-style questions was used to collect data from UK physiotherapists. Nominal and ordinal data were analysed to determine differences between subgroups within the dataset. Results A total of 205 physiotherapists completed the online questionnaire. Physiotherapists were generally internally motivated towards continuing professional development, but attitudes were influenced by career point and whether physiotherapists worked in the NHS or in the private sector. External factors appeared to have a negative effect on motivation towards continuing professional development. Conclusion: Differences in attitudes at different points on the career path suggest that organisational structure may impede lifelong learning at some stages in career progression, while differences between those working privately and for the NHS may potentially reflect organisational differences between these types of employment.

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Dental nurses' perception of CPD in Wales

Cited by 4 publications

References 7 publications

Continuing professional development requirements for UK health professionals: a scoping review

Continuing professional development requirements for UK health professionals: a scoping review

Maltese Radiographers' Attitudes towards Continuing Professional Development: An Initial Study Using Concept Maps

Physiotherapists’ reported attitudes to and perceived influences on their continuing professional development: results of an online questionnaire

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