Do faculties remain motivated after attending medical education workshops and what innovations do they bring about at workplace?

Background Objective: Faculties attend medical education workshops to gain knowledge and skills. A need was felt to assess the sustainability and type of motivation status of the participants and whether they brought about a change in their workplace over a period of 6 months after the training. Materials Methods: A longitudinal prospective, analytic, questionnaire based follow up study was conducted in 60 faculty volunteers who attended a revised basic course workshop on medical education technology. The motivation status was recorded post workshop baseline (0 months), at 2 and 6 months after the workshop. They were also asked to report any innovations initiated in their workplace. Results: The motivation parameters of External regulation increased from Mean (SD) of 1.89(1.14) to 2.84(1.59), p=0.001 and 3.07(1.55), p 0.001 at 2 months and 6 months. Amotivation increased from 2.37(1.43) to 3.15(1.47), p=0.012 and 3.10(1.53), p=0.020 at 2 and 6 months respectively. Work selfdetermination index (WSDI) decreased from baseline to 6 months from 17.69(7.65) to 14.02(8.51), p=0.046. Work non selfdetermined motivation (WNSDM) increased from baseline, 2.86(1.09), to 3.56(1.24) p=0.004 at 2 months and 3.63(1.19), p=0.001 after 6 months. There was significant correlation between innovation scores and Intrinsic Motivation, Integrated Regulation, Identified Regulation, Work SelfDetermination Index and Work SelfDetermined Motivation at 2 and 6 months and Introjected Regulation at 2 months. Conclusion: The faculty rsquo;s change in motivation status suggests that it was related to goals, targets and awards. Perceived changes related to teaching and assessment methods in workplace was also reported.