What motivates us to teach?

摘要

Motivation is the desire to do something, but there are different factors involved in why we do the things we do, and how we do the things we do. Since there is evidence that a teacher's internal desire to teach has a direct impact on student enthusiasm for the subject and level of achievement, we were interested in exploring the intrinsic motivation of health professionals to teach. We conducted eight in-depth interviews with physicians and other healthcare professionals who are teaching various classes in Bachelor courses of healthcare professions using a purposive sampling of highly motivated teachers based on the importance of accessing 'key informants'. Interviews were transcribed, coded and thematically analysed.