Procedural skill maintenance: Perspectives and motivations of pediatric emergency medicine faculty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) physicians receive training in critical procedures, but these procedures are rare in practice. The literature on maintenance of procedural skills focuses on ways to practice (e.g., via simulation) and pays little attention to motivation's role. Understanding what motivates PEM physicians to maintain procedural skills can inform the design of supportive policies and interventions. Our study explores how PEM physicians conceptualize maintenance of procedural skills, what motivates them to maintain procedural skills, and barriers to procedural skill maintenance.

Methods

This was a qualitative study of 12 PEM faculty guided by the self-determination theory (SDT) of motivation. SDT describes a typology that distinguishes extrinsic and

SUBMITTER: Lin-Martore M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8513436 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature