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Continuing professional development : putting the learner back at the centre

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Macdougall, Colin F., Epstein, Melanie and Highet, Lorna (2017) Continuing professional development : putting the learner back at the centre. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice Edition, 102 . pp. 249-253. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2016-310864

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Abstract

Continuing professional development (CPD) is changing. Once seen as flexible on the basis of personal choice and mainly consisting of conferences and lecture style meetings, it is now much more likely to be specified, mandatory and linked to specific regulatory or quality improvement activities. This may not be well aligned with how adult professionals learn best and the evidence of resulting change in practice is limited. Also there is a danger of losing out on serendipity in learning by pushing experienced professionals into focusing excessively on mandatory activities that seem to be increasingly ‘ticking the box’. However, the previous impression of flexibility may have hidden poor education practice. This paper defines CPD and asks whether there are problems with CPD. It looks at how adults are thought to learn and places this in the context of current practice. It considers practical models of how to deal with a series of common challenges met by those who provide and undertake CPD.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
SWORD Depositor: Library Publications Router
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Career development, Medical education, Medical personnel -- In-service training
Journal or Publication Title: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice Edition
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN: 1743-0593
Official Date: 16 March 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
16 March 2017Published
21 September 2017Available
6 February 2018Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit: 16 March 2018
Volume: 102
Page Range: pp. 249-253
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310864
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Publisher Statement: ** From BMJ via Jisc Publications Router. ** History: ** received: 15-07-2016 ** rev-recd: 01-02-2017 ** accepted: 06-02-2017 ** ppub: 01-03-2017 ** epub: 16-03-2017
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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