Netherlands Centre for Post-Academic Education in Pharmacy, Zeist, Netherlands.
Utrecht Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2018 Mar;82(2):6199. doi: 10.5688/ajpe6199.
To explore the changes in motivation of Dutch pharmacists for Continuing Education (CE) in the Dutch CE system. 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. 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. 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.
探索荷兰继续教育(CE)系统中荷兰药剂师继续教育动机的变化。通过基于动机的自我决定理论的学术动机量表,在三个时间点上测量药剂师的动机。使用潜在增长模型技术来分析这些数据。在 21 个月的时间里,控制动机增加,荷兰药剂师的相对自主动机降低。实习是唯一对动机变化有显著影响的人口统计学因素。没有发现具有不同轨迹的亚组。荷兰药剂师的相对自主 CE 动机随时间减少。这表明自主动机(“好”动机)的丧失有利于控制动机(“坏”动机)。需要进一步研究,以更好地理解药剂师动机与当前 CE 系统特征之间的关系。