Physicians' perception towards continuing professional development in government teaching hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia-mixed method design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Continuing professional development has been mandatory for healthcare professionals to renew their licenses. However, there is a shortage of information regarding physicians' perceptions of continuing professional development. Therefore, it is timely to assess the perception of physicians and barriers toward continuing professional development.

Methods

An institution-based quantitative design triangulated with a qualitative research design was conducted. A total of 367 and 6 study participants were included in the quantitative and qualitative study, respectively. Simple random and purposive sampling strategies were employed to select participants for the quantitative and qualitative parts. Quantitative Data was inserted in EPI-INFO version 7 and cleaned and analyz

SUBMITTER: Merahi MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11748240 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature