Planning and Delivering Primary Care (CPD): Planners’, Managers’ and Consumers’ Views on Process and Outcome

Authors

  • William Spence University of Glasgow

Keywords:

CPD, planning, planners’ views, qualitative

Abstract

Background: A Scottish National Health Service organisation commissioned a series of continuing professional development activities for primary health care professionals across seven topic areas and coordinated their delivery. The project was offered over one year and aimed primarily to change secondary care referral practice among general practitioners.

Aim: To explore the experience and views of planners relating to the planning, delivery and evaluation of continuing professional development activities for primary health care professionals.

Method: The qualitative approach involved focus group and individual interviews with 22 participants.

Results: The planning of this CPD programme was successfully completed and a range of lectures and workshops ensued. The period required to plan this complex programme of CPD was underestimated. Some participants declined an invitation to participate in CPD despite significant financial incentives to do so, and several of those with greatest perceived need did not take part. Dissemination of CPD learning in primary care must not be taken for granted and related preparation and provision of incentives may improve this. CPD planners should consider including process and personal knowledge rather than the habitual prioritisation of technical skills and propositional knowledge.

Conclusions: Planning primary care CPD with secondary care facilitation may offer more challenges than are immediately apparent. Implementation of suggestions for improvement highlighted here may well result in increased participation and greater impact of CPD.

Author Biography

William Spence, University of Glasgow

William Spence, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
E-mail: william.spence@glasgow.ac.uk; Phone: +44 (0) 141 3302454

References

Originally published by The Higher Education Academy

PBLH, Vol 2, Issue 1 (January 2014)

doi:10.11120/pblh.2014.00028

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Published

2016-02-04

How to Cite

Spence, W. (2016). Planning and Delivering Primary Care (CPD): Planners’, Managers’ and Consumers’ Views on Process and Outcome. International Journal of Practice-Based Learning in Health and Social Care, 2(1), 80–95. Retrieved from https://publications.coventry.ac.uk/index.php/pblh/article/view/312

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2014): International Journal of Practice-Based Learning in Health and Social Care

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Research Articles

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