Continuing Professional Development in the Competency Based of Teachers in Medical Colleges under Henan Province

Abstract

The objective of this research was to propose guidelines for continuing professional development in the competency based of teachers in medical colleges under Henan province. The design used a mixed research deign method. The key 15 informants included deans, senior teachers and personnel of educational institutions from five medical colleges and educational administration, obtained by purposive sampling. The 9 experts were invited for a focus group discussion on Guidelines of continuing professional development in the competency based of teachers in medical colleges under Henan province. The instruments used for data collection was in-depth interview and analyzed by content analysis. The research results found that : 1) continuing professional development included five components of self-appraisal, plan, action, documentation and evaluation, and 2) put forward based on the competency of Henan medical school teachers 'continuing professional development guidelines, guidelines from teachers' competence and continuing professional development stage, respectively from the government policy formulation, the competent department of education and further implementation and teachers 'practice perspective gives theoretical and practical guidance, lay the foundation for teachers' continuing professional development.