Non-compliance with continuing professional development requirements: Perspectives of emergency medical care practitioners in a resource-poor setting

Continuing Professional Development in Primary Health Care Quality Development integrated with Continuing Medical Education

Continuing professional development of occupational medicine practitioners: a needs assessment.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify elements of occupational medicine practice used on a frequent basis which are considered to be of high priority for continuing professional development (CPD). METHODS A postal questionnaire covering 28 areas of knowledge or practice was sent to all members of the Society of Occupational Medicine in September 2000. Respondents were asked to alloc...

[From continuing medical education to continuing professional development].

Medicine is constantly changing due to new information and technology. As medical practitioners we need to keep abreast with these changes in order to deliver the best possible management to our patients. Traditionally, this was by Continuing Medical Education (CME) in the form of formal lectures or seminars with time based credits points awarded. Such methods have been used for over 20 years. ...

Continuing medical education and continuing professional development: international comparisons.

Continuing professional development for doctors in accident and emergency.

Most learning in accident and emergency (A&E) occurs during normal work. It is a rare week that I do not see a condition I have never seen before and every follow up, whether it be a patient returning to the clinic or visiting a patient in the intensive care unit or postmortem room, is a learning opportunity. Referrals to colleagues and chance discussions about patients over lunch are often edu...