Impact of faculty development programme on self-efficacy, competency and attitude towards medical education in Bhutan: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Soon after Bhutan's first medical university was established in 2012, Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs) were adopted for efficient delivery of postgraduate medical curriculum. Medical education was an additional responsibility for the clinicians who already had multi-dimensional roles in the healthcare system where there is acute shortage of healthcare professionals. We studied the impact of FDPs on postgraduate medical education in Bhutan.

Methods

This was a mixed-methods study with a quantitative (cohort study - quasi-experimental with 18 participants) and concurrent explanatory qualitative component (focused group discussion (FGD) with 11 teaching faculty members). The 18 participants were given a structured FDP designed by the University. The FGD assessed

SUBMITTER: Tenzin K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6925861 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature