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Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA)

09.09. - 12.09.2020, Zürich, Schweiz

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Advantages, disadvantages and barriers on changing continuous professional development (CPD) for registered nurses in Switzerland. Perspectives of experts in nursing education and nursing management: First results of a mixed methods study

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  • Tobias Ries Gisler - Universität Bern, Institut für Medizinische Lehre Bern, Bern, Schweiz
  • Sissel Guttormsen Schär - Universität Bern, Institut für Medizinische Lehre Bern, Bern, Schweiz

Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA). Zürich, 09.-12.09.2020. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2020. DocP-028

doi: 10.3205/20gma113, urn:nbn:de:0183-20gma1137

Published: November 18, 2020

© 2020 Ries Gisler et al.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Objectives:

  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of the existing voluntary CPD concept versus mandatory CPD for all nurses in Switzerland?
  • What are possible barriers to change the existing voluntary system of CPD in favour of a mandatory system?

Methods: To answer the research questions, we chose a mixed methods approach (see figure 1 [Fig. 1]) with a sequential exploratory design.

Results: The results are shown in table 1 displaying perspectives of the semi-structured interviews (n=5 experts). The table presents first results concerning the nurses’ view on incentives, barriers and challenges/innovations of CPD.

Discussion: See table 1 [Tab. 1]

Take home messages: The statements of the interviewees were consistent among themselves with regard to possible incentives, obstacles and challenges/innovation regarding the existing CPD system in Switzerland. Challenges and innovations were stated with the intention to develop an even more attractive system in the future.

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