scholarly journals Understanding the Use and Perceived Impact of a Medical Podcast: Qualitative Study (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L Malecki ◽  
Kieran L Quinn ◽  
Nathan Zilbert ◽  
Fahad Razak ◽  
Shiphra Ginsburg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Perceived Impact

BACKGROUND Although podcasts are increasingly being produced for medical education, their use and perceived impact in informal educational settings are understudied. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore how and why physicians and medical learners listen to The Rounds Table (TRT), a medical podcast, as well as to determine the podcast’s perceived impact on learning and practice. METHODS Web-based podcast analytics were used to collect TRT usage statistics. A total of 17 medical TRT listeners were then identified and interviewed through purposive and convenience sampling, using a semistructured guide and a thematic analysis, until theoretical sufficiency was achieved. RESULTS The following four themes related to podcast listenership were identified: (1) participants thought that TRT increased efficiency, allowing them to multitask, predominantly using mobile listening platforms; (2) participants listened to the podcast for both education and entertainment, or “edutainment”; (3) participants thought that the podcast helped them keep up to date with medical literature; and (4) participants considered TRT to have an indirect effect on learning and clinical practice by increasing overall knowledge. CONCLUSIONS Our results highlight how a medical podcast, designed for continuing professional development, is often used informally to promote learning. These findings enhance our understanding of how and why listeners engage with a medical podcast, which may be used to inform the development and evaluation of other podcasts.

scholarly journals Understanding the Use and Perceived Impact of a Medical Podcast: Qualitative Study

10.2196/12901 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. e12901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L Malecki ◽  
Kieran L Quinn ◽  
Nathan Zilbert ◽  
Fahad Razak ◽  
Shiphra Ginsburg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Perceived Impact

Background Although podcasts are increasingly being produced for medical education, their use and perceived impact in informal educational settings are understudied. Objective This study aimed to explore how and why physicians and medical learners listen to The Rounds Table (TRT), a medical podcast, as well as to determine the podcast’s perceived impact on learning and practice. Methods Web-based podcast analytics were used to collect TRT usage statistics. A total of 17 medical TRT listeners were then identified and interviewed through purposive and convenience sampling, using a semistructured guide and a thematic analysis, until theoretical sufficiency was achieved. Results The following four themes related to podcast listenership were identified: (1) participants thought that TRT increased efficiency, allowing them to multitask, predominantly using mobile listening platforms; (2) participants listened to the podcast for both education and entertainment, or “edutainment”; (3) participants thought that the podcast helped them keep up to date with medical literature; and (4) participants considered TRT to have an indirect effect on learning and clinical practice by increasing overall knowledge. Conclusions Our results highlight how a medical podcast, designed for continuing professional development, is often used informally to promote learning. These findings enhance our understanding of how and why listeners engage with a medical podcast, which may be used to inform the development and evaluation of other podcasts.

scholarly journals Staff grade psychiatrists – a view from the inside

1997 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-153
Author(s):  
Aileen Blower ◽  
Diane Lusman
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
The West ◽  
Recent Debate ◽  
Education Needs ◽  
Recent Establishment

With the recent establishment by the College of ‘Affiliate’ status for non-member psychiatrists and continuing professional development (CPD) for ‘non-training’ grades, we though it timely to open a debate on the role, status and needs of staff grade doctors in psychiatry. Many of the issues that need to be addressed are common to staff doctors in all specialities. Following a brief description of the grade and how it is being used at present we will focus on education needs and career progression, drawing on recent debate in the medical literature and our own experience as staff grade psychiatrists in the West of Scotland.

Continuing Professional Development for Integrative Nursing

2014 ◽  
pp. 429-444
Author(s):  
Mary Koithan ◽  
Kathy Chappell
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Environmental Scan ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Theoretical Evidence ◽  
Nursing Professional

Nursing professional development (NPD) is a career-long continuum of formal and informal educational activities informed by wide-ranging sources of clinical, practice, scientific and theoretical evidence. An environmental scan indicates a plethora of professional development opportunities in integrative nursing with offerings across multiple learning platforms (symposia and conferences, residential intensives, online asynchronous sessions, asynchronous media-supported classes and agency-supported in-service sessions) and multiple venues. Several professional organizations, universities, and private companies offer opportunities to develop knowledge, skills, and abilities that prepare nurses to competently care for self and patients.

Back to basics: stepping into aesthetics and continuing professional development

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 395-397
Author(s):  
Lorraine Guinan
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Continuing Professional Development

Continuing professional development is necessary for job satisfaction and safe clinical practice. Lorraine Guinan explores the implications of this for prospective aesthetic nurses and long-standing practitioners

scholarly journals Assessing knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses after a continuing professional development program: A qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessie Johnson ◽  
Arlene Masaba ◽  
Sadia Munir ◽  
Robin O’Dwyer ◽  
Amber Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Evidenced Based

Background: Nurses play a crucial role in the prevention of communicable diseases through the public health immunization programs. Knowledge, attitude and practices of health care providers have significant impact on the vaccine administration and education of adults and parents of children.Objective: The present qualitative study aims to explore the knowledge, attitude and practices of nurses in Qatar before and after the delivery of the immunization-related continuous professional development program.Methods: 10 out of 125 nurses who have completed the training program volunteered to participate in the face-to-face interviews. Data was then collected, transcribed and analysed by the researcher team members.Results: Themes identified from this study: Empowerment, advancing practice and continuing education. Participants felt more confident and had a sense of fulfilment on completion of the education program. Practicing evidenced based skills and methods achieved an outcome of better quality of care, which can directly affect practice. Participants also felt that continuing education allows them to become self-motivated to keep up with new and emerging knowledge. Taken together, our data revealed that continuing professional education immunization-training program was successful in improving the knowledge, attitude and practices of the participants.Conclusions: Continued education beyond traditional baccalaureate nursing programs in order to ensure nurses possess the knowledge to safely handle, teach and administer vaccines is needed.

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