A longitudinal approach to changes in the motivation of dutch pharmacists in the current continuing education system

L. Sharon; Anthonius de Boer; Gerda Croiset; Rashmi A Kusurkar; Andries S. Koster

doi:10.5688/ajpe6199

A longitudinal approach to changes in the motivation of dutch pharmacists in the current continuing education system

L. Sharon
, Anthonius de Boer
, Gerda Croiset
, Rashmi A Kusurkar
, Andries S. Koster

Netherlands Centre for Post-Academic Education in Pharmacy
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Abstract

Objective. To explore the changes in motivation of Dutch pharmacists for Continuing Education (CE) in the Dutch CE system. Methods. Pharmacists’ motivation was measured across three time points with the Academic Motivation Scale, based on the Self-Determination Theory of motivation. The Latent Growth Modelling technique was used to analyze these data. Results. Over a period of 21 months, Controlled Motivation had increased and Relative Autonomous Motivation of Dutch pharmacists had decreased. Traineeship was the only demographic factor with a significant influence on the change in motivation. No subgroups with different trajectories could be identified. Conclusion. Relative Autonomous Motivation of Dutch pharmacists for CE decreases over time. This indicates a loss of Autonomous Motivation (“good” motivation) in favor of Controlled Motivation (“bad” motivation). Further research needs to be conducted to gain a better understanding of the association between pharmacist motivation and the features of the current CE system.

Original language	English
Article number	6199
Pages (from-to)	135-143
Number of pages	9
Journal	American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
Volume	82
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe6199
Publication status	Published - Mar 2018

Funding

The authors thank Sandra Korsten and Simone van den Bosch, pharmacy students from Utrecht University who helped collect the data. A special thanks to Xynthia Kavelaars, student of Methodology and Statistics for the Behavioral, Biomedical, and Social Sciences Methods and Statistics at Utrecht University for helping with the Latent Growth Model and Latent Class analyses in Mplus. This research is funded by Netherlands Centre for Post-Academic Education in Pharmacy, Zeist, the Netherlands.

Keywords

Continuing education
Continuing professional development
Motivation
Pharmacists
Self-determination theory

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