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You are right Steward, the employer should stimulate CPD by giving the time and paying for the courses. The employed person in time gets more valuable and will bring in more patients by himself, which generates more income and on the other hand He or Her may demand more loan. In that case it is important that the courses that are being paid for are in the interest of the klinik, so that more income can be generated. Here in Switzerland every physiotherapist is obliged to visit 6 Day's of courses and two days of selfstudy (e.g. Congress, workgroup etc). My own motivation to do courses are becoming a better physiotherapists and this automatically has a possitive inpact on the succes of my klinik I suppose. Greetings, Marco ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 9:06 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 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%