Does Facilitating Conditions Affect Medical Officer’s Intention to Pursue Postgraduate Medical Education? The role of Career motivation and Perceived Barriers

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10.2991/978-94-6463-342-9_8How to use a DOI?

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Facilitating conditions; Career motivation; Perceived barriers; Postgraduate study intention; Postgraduate medical education; Medical officers

Abstract

The low enrolment rate of medical officers in postgraduate programs is a pressing concern for the healthcare system. Undeniably, career motivation (CM) emerges as a pivotal element influencing medical officers’ postgraduate study intention. However, it is bundled with challenges and uncertainties in pursuing a specialist career. In order to address this critical issue, a comprehensive understanding of medical officers’ intention to pursue postgraduate medical education (PGME) is crucial. The purpose of this study is to investigate how facilitating conditions influence the postgraduate study intentions of medical officers. Career motivation acts as a mediator, while perceived barriers serve as a moderator for the hypothesis. A total of 363 surveys were collected from medical officers practising in healthcare clinics and hospitals in Malaysia. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that greater facilitating conditions increase the medical officers’ intention to pursue PGME. Career motivation is found to mediate this relationship while perceived barriers weaken the relationship between facilitating conditions and career motivation. The insights gained from this research hold substantial implications for the healthcare organisations, government and medical educational institutions in developing targeted strategies and support systems to encourage medical officers to pursue PGME.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Isparan Shanthi
AU  - Ai Na Seow
AU  - Jing Jing Chang
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/31
TI  - Does Facilitating Conditions Affect Medical Officer’s Intention to Pursue Postgraduate Medical Education? The role of Career motivation and Perceived Barriers
BT  - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Business, Accounting, Finance and Economics (BAFE 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 93
EP  - 110
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-342-9_8
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-342-9_8
ID  - Shanthi2023
ER  -