Research Article
Current Continuing Professional Education Practice among Malaysian Nurses
| | CPE practices | Respondents’ attendance () |
Perceived need for future CPE activities and topics to
respondents’ professional/career development | | Never | 1-2 | >2 | | (%) | (%) | (%) | Mean |
| | Type of activity | | | | | | In-service education | 501 (63.3) | 96 (12.1) | 195 (24.6) | 4.10 | | Advanced nursing courses | 690 (87.1) | 102 (12.9) | 0 | 4.01 | | Workshops | 447 (56.4) | 290 (36.6) | 55 (6.9) | 3.83 | | Orientation programme | 591 (74.6) | 189 (23.9) | 12 (1.5) | 3.80 | | Conference | 469 (59.2) | 261 (33.0) | 62 (7.8) | 3.67 | | Tertiary education | 782 (98.7) | 10 (1.3) | 0 | 3.67 | | Reading nursing journals | 649 (81.9) | 82 (10.4) | 61 (7.7) | 3.61 | | Carried out research | 756 (95.5) | 36 (4.5) | 0 | 3.21 | | Presented at a conference | 719 (90.8) | 63 (8.0) | 10 (1.3) | 3.19 | | Topic of CPE | | | | | | Specialty nursing | 311 (39.3) | 317 (40) | 164 (20.7) | 4.90 | | General nursing | 396 (50) | 192 (24.2) | 204 (25.8) | 4.20 | | Indirect nursing | 544 (68.7) | 150 (18.9) | 98 (12.4) | 4.00 | | Management | 658 (83.1) | 109 (13.8) | 25 (3.2) | 4.00 | | Teaching | 728 (91.9) | 63 (8.0) | 1 (0.1) | 3.90 | | Research | 641 (80.9) | 141 (17.8) | 10 (1.3) | 3.50 |
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