Abstract:
The general objective of the study is to examine different type of factors in professional
development of medical profession and the ways of their behavior in relation to
development opportunities medical professionals in government health sector. Under this
aim, the behavior of personal and organizational factors was measured in different grades of
hospitals (primary, secondary and tertiary care) separately. The comparative data yield in
this manner was used to suggest the recommendations of the study. Basically this research
has been done as the methodology of qualitative studies, comprising with quantitative
techniques to measure the perceptions and experiences of medical officers. The appropriate
variables were selected from a perceptual survey and associated into the main study as
factor dimensions. According to the nature of conducting of the study, it could be regarded
as a cross sectional prospective type of research. When consider the sampling of study
population at their locations, it also having some features of the cohort study. This research
was done in three selected provinces (western, central and north central) by distributing self
administered questionnaires among 159 medical officers, as selected study sample in three
different grades of hospitals (primary, secondary and tertiary care hospitals). According to
the study objectives and selected variables under each factor category, the perceptions of
medical professional were examined as the causes related for the loosing of opportunities of
professional development. The data analysis was done along the relationship of afore
mentioned two types of factors with the context of the problem of the study as behavioral
patter (behavioral magnitude and position) of factor dimensions . T he computerized
statistical technique of factor analysis was used in this purpose for the reduction of data.
The results of open ended questioning have substantiated many of the conclusions and the
recommendations of the study were made on this fruitful out comings. On this basis most
feasible short, medium and long term recommendations are presented for the improvement
of MPD, systems for the provision of adequate facilities with the introduction of modern
information technology, sharing of them for imparting of knowledge of professionals and
effective mobilization of human resource are identified as short term corrective measures,
Motivation of professionals by establishing as active feedback and rewarding systems are
suggested as most efficient medium term recommendations of the study. Finally , ethical
advancement of medical professionals and implementation of CME policy in medical
profession are presented as long term corrections in MPD.