Doctors' maintenance of professional competence: a qualitative study informed by the theory of planned behaviour.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical regulators worldwide have implemented programmes of maintenance of professional competence (MPC) to ensure that doctors, throughout their careers, are up to date and fit to practice. The introduction of MPC required doctors to adopt a range of new behaviours. Despite high enrolment rates on these programmes, it remains uncertain whether doctors engage in the process because they perceive benefits like improvements in their practice and professional development or if they solely meet the requirements to retain medical registration. In this study, we aimed to explore the relationship between doctors' beliefs, intention and behaviour regarding MPC through the lens of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to make explicit the factors that drive meaningful engagement

SUBMITTER: Wiese A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8094537 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature