Published 2025-01-01
“…Louisa M D’Arrietta,1,2 Venkat N Vangaveti,1,3 Melissa J Crowe,4 Bunmi S Malau-Aduli1,5 1College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; 2Library Services, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; 3Townsville Institute of Health Research and Innovation, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; 4College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; 5School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, AustraliaCorrespondence: Louisa M D’Arrietta, College of Medicine and Dentistry, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia, Tel +61 7 4781 4060, Fax +61 7 4779 6371, Email louisa.darrietta@jcu.edu.auPurpose: A decline in the number of health professionals (HPs) engaging in clinical and healthcare research has spurred governments, educational and healthcare organisations to focus on developing strategies to promote a resurgence of
clinical researchers. Based on the Expectancy-Value-Cost theory which offers a comprehensive framework to understand motivation in research, this study aimed to explore how motivations and perceived values of research evolve across different career stages, and develop a model that promotes sustained research motivation.Methods: This study employed a phenomenological qualitative research design and individual interviews to explore the experiences of 30 HPs (doctors, nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals) across three career stages—early, mid, and late—at three North Queensland Public Hospitals from March 19 to April 15, 2021. …”
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