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What direction for Continuing Professional Development?

An attitude survey in a teaching mental health trust

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David Newby
David Newby*
Affiliation:
Yorkshire and Coordinator for CPD, Leeds Community & Mental Health Teaching Trust, Millfield House, Kirk Lane, Yeadon, Leeds LS19 7LX
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Abstract

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Aims and methods

A questionnaire survey of attitudes to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) was addressed to all 58 non-training grade psychiatrists working in a large teaching community mental health trust. Ninety-three per cent provided responses. Views were sought on the value of various teaching methods, how CPD should be organised, what barriers to participation colleagues encounter and whether CPD should be made mandatory.

Results

These showed strong support for the personal study element of CPD, indicated the range of other teaching modalities used by practitioners including industry supported symposia and found a significant majority in favour of making CPD mandatory. Pressure of time was the main obstacle to participation for most.

Clinical implications

The survey provides pointers for the key Issues which are likely to affect the readiness of practitioners to participate in CPD, as well as informing decisions on the type of ongoing educational activity that psychiatrists see as relevant.

Type
Original Papers
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 8: The Journal of Trends in Psychiatric Practice , August 1999 , pp. 490 - 493
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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