Continuing Professional Development in Bangladesh-Views of Physicians

Name of Medical College/Dental College/Medical Hospital: *

1. Gender? *

Male

Female

2. Age? *

25 - 35 Years

36 - 45 Years

46 Years to above

3. Basic professional qualification? *

MBBS

BDS

3.1. PG qualification (if)? *

MD/MS

MMEd

MPhil

FCPS

MCPS

MRCP

Diploma

MPH

If other, please specify:

4. Designation? *

5. How many years have you been registered with BM&DC (Post registration period)? *

1 - 10 Years

11 - 20 Years

20 Years to above

6. Working area: You can response more than one option? *

Hospital

Institute

Teaching

Administration

Research

If other, please specify:

7. Do you have any concept of Continuing Professional Development CPD? *

Yes

8. Have you attended any CPD? *

Yes

9. In your opinion what are the benefits of CPD?

a) Improves my performance in my current role

b) Enhances status of the profession with other health practitioners

c) Enhances my career prospects

d) Improves patient health care deliberation

e) I see no benefits from CPD

f) If other, please specify:

10. For what reasons you will attend local/international courses or workshops on CPD or CME?

a) Compliance with requirements

b) Skills improvement

c) Intrinsic interest

d) Career development

e) Collaborate with other doctors

f) If other, please specify:

11. Are there any reasons why you may NOT attend local courses or workshops on CPD or CME?

a) I am already undertaking post-graduate education

b) CPD programs/topics are not relevant to me

c) Other commitments

d) Timing of the courses

e) Distance to venue too far to travel

f) Lack of information on what CPD activities are available

g) Lack of funding

h) Other

If other, please specify:

12. What arrangements have been put in your place (if applicable) to ensure all doctors to undertake CPD?

a) Allowing paid/unpaid time off for CPD activities

b) Funding for CPD activities

c) Requiring medical or dental teacher/doctors to undertake minimum levels of CPD

d) Providing in-house training and development activities

e) Providing a staff study area within the medical or dental college and hospital

f) None

g) Other

If other, please specify:

12.1. In your opinion-whether CPD should be- *

Voluntary

Mandatory

13. If CPD becomes mandatory and members do not comply, what sanction(s) do you think should apply?

a) Compulsory Remedial Training

b) Competence reassessment

c) No action taken

d) Deny renewal of registration

e) Other

e) If other, please specify:

14. Who sponsored your CPD activities/programs?

a) Self

b) Employer

c) Pharmaceutical companies

d) No sponsorship

e) If other, please specify:

15. Which of the following CPD activities/programs do you want to engage in? You may tick more than one box.

a) Attending workshops

b) Attending professional association meetings

c) Attending conferences

d) Participating in Programs by online CPD providers

e) Peer review of journals

f) Research

g) Clinical audit

h) Reading medical/dental journals

i) If other, please specify:

16. What would motivate you to engage in more CPD?

a) Availability of CPD activities closer to workplace location

b) Greater frequency and a more convenient range of times for CPD

c) Availability of an enhanced range of topics that meet practice needs

d) More access to online or technology-based learning methods for CPD

e) Understanding what workplace activities can constitute appropriate CPD

f) Further training to understand the concept of CPD

g) Support from institution/organization (time - off, funding)

h) Other

h) If other, please specify:

17. In your opinion, which of the following are suitable methods of CPD? [Tick all that apply]

a) In- house CPD activities

b) Office meetings

c) Attending courses or workshops or conferences

d) Contribution to compilation or review professional journals

e) Engaging in distance learning

f) Supervising research activities

g) Developing & reviewing policy papers

h) Other

h) If other, please specify:

18. In your opinion, how do you think CPD should be recorded? You may tick more than one option.

a) Portfolio

b) Personal Development Plan (PDP)

c) CPD logbook

d) I will write my own notes

e) I do not want to record my CPD

h) If other, please specify:

19. List any topics which should be included in CPD programs to meet your personal needs

20. Indicate challenges that might have hindered implementation of CPD activities for doctors.

21. Please suggest ways to enhance CPD programs implementation.

Knowledge and Perspectives on mandate for CPD co-ordination. *

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree Nor Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) can regulate CPD for medical & dental practitioners in Bangladesh.
Regulation & supervision of CPD program implementation for doctors of Bangladesh should be in the list of Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council (BM&DC).
CPD program should be well & established in a legal framework.
Provision of CPD for practitioners should be limited to professional associations such as Bangladesh Medical Association and Bangladesh Dental Society.
Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council should consider other institutions [apart from BMA] as CPD providers for doctors in Bangladesh.
CPD providers for doctors should be regulated by BM&DC before they roll out CPD programs.
CPD should be mandatory to ensure compliance.

Continuing Professional Development in Bangladesh-Views of Physicians

Section A. Demographic detail

Name of Medical College/Dental College/Medical Hospital: *

1. Gender? *

2. Age? *

3. Basic professional qualification? *

3.1. PG qualification (if)? *

4. Designation? *

5. How many years have you been registered with BM&DC (Post registration period)? *

6. Working area: You can response more than one option? *

Section B – Understanding and practice of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)among medical and dental doctors.

7. Do you have any concept of Continuing Professional Development CPD? *

8. Have you attended any CPD? *

9. In your opinion what are the benefits of CPD?

10. For what reasons you will attend local/international courses or workshops on CPD or CME?

11. Are there any reasons why you may NOT attend local courses or workshops on CPD or CME?

12. What arrangements have been put in your place (if applicable) to ensure all doctors to undertake CPD?

12.1. In your opinion-whether CPD should be- *

13. If CPD becomes mandatory and members do not comply, what sanction(s) do you think should apply?

14. Who sponsored your CPD activities/programs?

Section C – Approaches for implementation of CPD

15. Which of the following CPD activities/programs do you want to engage in? You may tick more than one box.

16. What would motivate you to engage in more CPD?

Section D – Activities for acquirement of CPD points/credits/units.

17. In your opinion, which of the following are suitable methods of CPD? [Tick all that apply]

18. In your opinion, how do you think CPD should be recorded? You may tick more than one option.

Section E – Challenges for implementation of CPD

19. List any topics which should be included in CPD programs to meet your personal needs

20. Indicate challenges that might have hindered implementation of CPD activities for doctors.

21. Please suggest ways to enhance CPD programs implementation.

Section F – Knowledge and Perspectives on mandate for CPD co-ordination

Knowledge and Perspectives on mandate for CPD co-ordination. *

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