The Emerging Role of Reinforcement in the Clinician's Path from Continuing Education to Practice

13/08/2024 44 min
The Emerging Role of Reinforcement in the Clinician's Path from Continuing Education to Practice

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Episode Synopsis

Continuing education (CE) activities may affect clinicians' knowledge, skills, self-efficacy, and/or performance. Studies have suggested that self-efficacy may moderate or mediate the relationship between knowledge/competence and performance. Some results have shown that increases in knowledge/competence contributed to increases in self-efficacy. However, clinicians do not always learn something "new" when they participate in CE activities; rather, their knowledge or skills may be reinforced. This study examined whether self-efficacy was greater when clinicians reinforced what they already knew compared with when they learned something new.

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