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The Professional Development Needs of Hospital Teachers in Ireland: An Exploratory Case Study Cover

The Professional Development Needs of Hospital Teachers in Ireland: An Exploratory Case Study

By: Fergal McNamara  
Open Access
|Apr 2024

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Teaching Experience of Questionnaire Participants.

TEACHING EXPERIENCEPARTICIPANTS
3–5 Years1
5–10 Years4
10+ Years14
Table 2

Hospital Teaching Experience of Questionnaire Participants.

HOSPITAL TEACHING EXPERIENCEPARTICIPANTS
0–2 years7
3–5 years4
5–10 years4
10+ years4
Table 3

Questionnaire Respondents’ Perceptions of the Relevancy of proposed CPD topics.

CPD TOPICRELEVANCE (SCALE 1–7)
Teaching Additional Educational Needs6.7
Communication & Interpersonal Skills6.7
Resilience Skills6.5
Emotional Intelligence6.4
Knowledge of Specific Medical Conditions6.4
Bereavement & Loss6.3
IT Skills & Digital Literacy5.7
Mindfulness5.7
Curricular Topics5.7
Behaviour Management Skills5.5
Leadership Skills5.3
Admin & Record Keeping4.8

[i] Note. Questionnaire respondents were asked to score the relevancy of proposed CPD topics on a Likert scale from 1 to 7 (1 = the least relevant, and 7 = the most relevant).

Table 4

Questionnaire Respondents’ Perceptions of the Priority of CPD Topics for Hospital Teachers.

PRIORITYCPD TOPICSCORE (SCALE 1–12)
1Communication & Interpersonal Skills3.1
2Teaching Additional Educational Needs3.6
3Emotional Intelligence4.3
4Knowledge of Specific Medical Conditions4.8
5Bereavement and Loss4.9
6Resilience Skills6.0
7Curricular Topics6.5
8IT Skills & Digital Literacy7.7
9Mindfulness8.2
10Leadership skills9.2
11Behaviour Management Skills9.2
12Admin & Record Keeping10.4

[i] Note. Questionnaire respondents were asked to score the priority level of CPD topics for hospital teachers (where 1 = highest priority and 12 = least priority).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cie.123 | Journal eISSN: 2631-9179
Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 21, 2023
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Accepted on: Feb 18, 2024
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Published on: Apr 15, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2024 Fergal McNamara, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.