Impact of faculty development programme on self-efficacy, competency and attitude towards medical education in Bhutan: a mixed-methods study

• Published in: BMC medical education Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 468 - 12
• Main Authors: Tenzin, Karma, Dorji, Thinley, Choeda, Tshering, Pongpirul, Krit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 21.12.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adjunct Faculty; Analysis; Attitude; Attitudes; Bhutan; Cohort Studies; College faculty; Core competency; Curricula; Curriculum; Data collection; Distance learning; Education; Education, Medical, Graduate; Educational assessment; Educational Research; Faculty Development; Faculty, Medical - psychology; Female; Health human resource; Health professional education; Hospitals; Humans; Likert scale; Male; Medical education; Medical personnel; Medical personnel training; Medicine; Methods; Mixed methods research; Professional Competence; Professional development; Qualitative research; Questionnaires; Residency training; Self Efficacy; Skill Development; Skills; Staff Development; Teacher evaluation; Teachers; Teaching methods; Workshops; Bhutan; East Asia; Thailand; Nepal; Germany; India; Health professional education; Residency training; Core competency; Health human resource

Soon after Bhutan's first medical university was established in 2012, Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs) were adopted for efficient delivery of postgraduate medical curriculum. Medical education was an additional responsibility for the clinicians who already had multi-dimensional roles in th...