Continuous Professional Development Activity Practices and Challenges among Medical Science Educators in their Early Academic Career

Continuous Professional Development Activity Practices and Challenges among Medical Science Educators in their Early Academic Career | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Continuous Professional Development Activity Practices and Challenges among Medical Science Educators in their Early Academic Career Abebaye Leminie, Amha Mekasha This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5758629/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Background: Continuous professional development (CPD) practices improve professional expertise. The practices are affected by different factors. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the CPD activity practices and challenges among medical science educators in their early academic careers. Materials and methods: One hundred ninety-five medical educators from all departments in the School of Medicine and School who teach medical students have participated in this study. Proportional allocation and simple random sampling techniques were used to select each participant from each department. Socio-demographic and other data were collected using self-administered pretested questionnaires. A points Likert scale was used to assess the extent of participants’ agreement on different issues. Data were entered and processed using SPSS version 25.0. Independent t-tests and one-way ANOVA were also used to determine parameter mean differences between groups. Results: Participants’ attitude toward the CPD activity practices was above the mean (mean: 3.92). It was significantly affected by academic rank and monthly salary (t (193) =-2.33, p= .02 and t (193) =-2.21, p=.03, respectively). However, the level of participants' engagement in the CPD activity practices was medium (mean: 2.90) and was affected by academic rank (t (193) = -3.06; p =.003), monthly salary (t (193) = -2.84; p=.005), educational experiences (F (3,191) = 4.22; p = .006), support from senior mentors (F(3,191) = 4.84;p = .003), support from institution (F(3,191) = 9.03; p = .000), support from departments (F(3,191) = 4.39;p =.005) and participants attitude level (F(2, 192) = 4.66;p = .012). Support from mentors (mean: 2.57), Departments (mean: 2.67), and College (mean: 2.33) were low, medium, and low, respectively. Institutional-related challenges were a strong predictor for low CPD activity practices than personal-related challenges (3.36 .82 Vs 2.73.69; t (194) = 9.04; p=.000). Conclusion: Although participants had a positive attitude toward the CPD activities, their practices were medium and affected by institutional-related challenges. Support from senior mentors, College, and department heads are required to improve CPD practices. CPD activity practices attitude challenges medical educators early career Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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