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Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: Continuing Professional Development - research re attitudes and
c ulture
> I have no references Julia, only anecdotal personal experience and musings
(?
> reflective practise!!)
>
> For me this issue comes at an extremely pertinent point in my career. I
have
> just sat down to review notes on courses I have previously attended after
> realising my knowledge and skills are not up to scratch. What opened my
eyes
> was a four week stint in a private practise where it was obvious to me and
my
> employer that my skills were not as good as they could or, having been on
the
> courses I had on my CV, should be.
>
> I believe that different people are motivated to improve their
professional
> knowledge and skills by many different factors, including some of the
> following.
>
> 1) Desire to achieve personal mastery of the profession
> 2) Need to maintain a customer base
> 3) Need to meet one's employees standards
>
> Any factors which motivate people from a negative angle are probably not
the
> best for the individual, but may be the best for the employer. Perhaps
> employers would do better by using strategies which encourage staff to
want
> to be better for their own self-esteem, rather than threaten them with
> negative consequences if they don't comply. Then Compulsory education
> programmes would not be needed.
>
>
> With reference to your posting, is it possible that 'the people who are
> reluctant to take time away from treating patients to undertake CPD in the
> workplace' feel they are being asked to treat their patients in less time
to
> comply with the demands of their employer. Surely if they felt CPD met
their
> needs they would be less reluctant. I think many people simply do not
want
> to put in the work necessary to improve their skills because they do not
feel
> the benefits of this work is to them, but to their employer. This is
because
> the emphasis placed by their employer on the need for CPD is not the same
> need which motivates them.
>
> I hope this makes sense. Could people write in an share what motivates
them
> in their professional development.
>
> Stewart Harrison
> Physiotherapist
> UK
>
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