Continuing Education for Materials Engineering

Guest editorial: Continuing to build engineering education research capabilities

Problems, Challenges, and Suggestions of Continuing Engineering Education in China

China is facing challenges of economic transition and modernization, which sees the urgent need to develop Continuing Engineering Education (CEE) for sustainable development in economic and social areas. The article first discusses the history and characteristics of CEE in China. By analyzing interview resources and statistic data, the author concludes five factors for the development of CEE in...

Continuing Engineering Education: Business Models and Future Trends

The ETH Zurich Centre for Continuing Education is at present conducting a study of current trends among leading providers of university continuing education in the areas of technology, the natural sciences and management. With our own positioning in mind, the goal of the investigation is to identify interesting business models and define the performance indicators central to systematic benchmar...

Funding for continuing medical education.

I am writing on behalf of the continuing medical education and continuing professional development offices at the 17 Canadian medical schools. For many years, we have had the same concerns as those expressed by Paul Hébert and the Editorial-Writing Team in a recent CMAJ editorial, and we have worked diligently to provide high-quality continuing education programs with minimal bias. We are activ...

Continuing education for health professionals.

Although continuing education in the health professions is an important endeavor, it has been largely neglected in the professional literature. Few studies have been done on (a) conceptual models to guide the design and implementation of continuing education and (b) the use of such models in continuing education. To fill this gap, two such models are described in this article: (a) instructional...