Exploring factors of physicians’ preferences for continuing medical education
Abstract Background Achieving sustainability in continuing medical education (CME) involves regular assessment of the evolving needs of healthcare professionals regarding their competencies and updates in educational content accordingly. This study aimed to investigate the key areas and competencies...
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| author | Ruzica Nikolic Mandic Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic Zoran Bukumiric Zorica Terzic-Supic Jovana Todorovic Sandra Grujicic Dejan Nesic Ulrich Laaser |
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| description | Abstract Background Achieving sustainability in continuing medical education (CME) involves regular assessment of the evolving needs of healthcare professionals regarding their competencies and updates in educational content accordingly. This study aimed to investigate the key areas and competencies that physicians in Serbia prioritize for their professional development and to analyze the factors associated with these competencies. Method This cross-sectional study was conducted among 2,625 physicians who are members of the medical chamber in Serbia. Besides similar studies, the Delphi process among medical experts served to create the research instruments, while obtained data were analyzed using factor analysis and robust regression analysis. Results The results pointed to a significant association between the scores in all identified domains (management, clinical practice, communication, public health, essentials and clinical emergency) and female gender. The score in the communication domain was additionally associated with work in privately owned institutions (B = 0.563). The scores in the public health domain and the basic medical skills (essentials domain) were additionally associated with age (B = 0.077 and B = 0.100), work in a primary healthcare institution (B = 2.327 and B = 2.155) and being a specialist (B=-1.795 and B=-2.901). The score on the clinical emergency domain, besides the female gender, was associated with work in primary health care (B = 0.748), being a specialist (B=-1.592) and being a subspecialist (B=-1.023). Conclusion This research identified gaps in CME/CPD program knowledge and design. It outlined competency groups developed with expert consensus. Proposed actions include integrating key competencies and developing online self-assessment tools for everyday practice. This can help physicians and program organizers focus on essential competencies and exclude non-evidence-based ones. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e4782c2a7f994ebaa007c5f5b04862022025-02-02T12:29:59ZengBMCBMC Medical Education1472-69202024-11-0124111110.1186/s12909-024-06374-2Exploring factors of physicians’ preferences for continuing medical educationRuzica Nikolic Mandic0Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic1Zoran Bukumiric2Zorica Terzic-Supic3Jovana Todorovic4Sandra Grujicic5Dejan Nesic6Ulrich Laaser7Center for Continuing Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of BelgradeInstitute of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of BelgradeInstitute of Medical Statistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of BelgradeInstitute of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of BelgradeInstitute of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of BelgradeInstitute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of BelgradeInstitute of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of BelgradeFaculty of Health Sciences, Bielefeld UniversityAbstract Background Achieving sustainability in continuing medical education (CME) involves regular assessment of the evolving needs of healthcare professionals regarding their competencies and updates in educational content accordingly. This study aimed to investigate the key areas and competencies that physicians in Serbia prioritize for their professional development and to analyze the factors associated with these competencies. Method This cross-sectional study was conducted among 2,625 physicians who are members of the medical chamber in Serbia. Besides similar studies, the Delphi process among medical experts served to create the research instruments, while obtained data were analyzed using factor analysis and robust regression analysis. Results The results pointed to a significant association between the scores in all identified domains (management, clinical practice, communication, public health, essentials and clinical emergency) and female gender. The score in the communication domain was additionally associated with work in privately owned institutions (B = 0.563). The scores in the public health domain and the basic medical skills (essentials domain) were additionally associated with age (B = 0.077 and B = 0.100), work in a primary healthcare institution (B = 2.327 and B = 2.155) and being a specialist (B=-1.795 and B=-2.901). The score on the clinical emergency domain, besides the female gender, was associated with work in primary health care (B = 0.748), being a specialist (B=-1.592) and being a subspecialist (B=-1.023). Conclusion This research identified gaps in CME/CPD program knowledge and design. It outlined competency groups developed with expert consensus. Proposed actions include integrating key competencies and developing online self-assessment tools for everyday practice. This can help physicians and program organizers focus on essential competencies and exclude non-evidence-based ones.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06374-2Continuing medical education (CME)Continuous professional development (CPD)CompetenciesPhysicians |
| spellingShingle | Ruzica Nikolic Mandic Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic Zoran Bukumiric Zorica Terzic-Supic Jovana Todorovic Sandra Grujicic Dejan Nesic Ulrich Laaser Exploring factors of physicians’ preferences for continuing medical education BMC Medical Education Continuing medical education (CME) Continuous professional development (CPD) Competencies Physicians |
| title | Exploring factors of physicians’ preferences for continuing medical education |
| title_full | Exploring factors of physicians’ preferences for continuing medical education |
| title_fullStr | Exploring factors of physicians’ preferences for continuing medical education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring factors of physicians’ preferences for continuing medical education |
| title_short | Exploring factors of physicians’ preferences for continuing medical education |
| title_sort | exploring factors of physicians preferences for continuing medical education |
| topic | Continuing medical education (CME) Continuous professional development (CPD) Competencies Physicians |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06374-2 |
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