OBJECTIVE To develop a framework to guide action in the public health nutrition workforce to develop policies and practices addressing factors contributing to climate change. DESIGN Action/consultative research. SETTING Interviews - South Australia, questionnaire - Australia. SUBJECTS Interviews - key informants (n 6) were from various government, academic and non-government positions, in...

Compulsory service programmes have been used worldwide as a way to deploy and retain a professional health workforce within countries. Other names for these programmes include "obligatory", "mandatory", "required" and "requisite." All these different programme names refer to a country's law or policy that governs the mandatory deployment and retention of a heath worker in the underserved and/or...

The recent move towards more Computer Science in school in the UK has obvious implications for teacher education, both for inservice and pre-service teachers. In England and other parts of the UK we have seen an unprecedented rate of change in the way that curricula are changing from a focus on learning to use software applications to the introduction of Computer Science throughout primary and ...

Teaching and training are integral to the different, core roles of a trainee. Therefore, there is shift in medical profession towards credentialing teaching skills. Postgraduate qualifications education likely be more important for professional development. In recent years, number awards programmes has increased rapidly. This pluralism, however, may become source confusion those considering enr...

Aim : The aim of the present study was to evaluate the concept of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in a provincial hospital and analyze whether the CPD can offer opportunities for Advanced Professional Development (APD) in nursing staff. Method and material: The study involved 23 clinical nurses of tertiary education employed in α provincial hospital. Collection of data was performed u...

In-service education programs have provided the professional development level of companies' employers, in the high quality form. The applying of in-service education programs has been a key component of professional development process for staff agro-industry Company. The study is utilized experimental Solomon four group designs to determine the impact of in-service education programs on agro-...

Over the last two decades, the health care professions in the United Kingdom have seen an unparalleled expansion of continuing professional education (CPE) and development (CPD) programmes; however, there is little empirical evidence that these enhance the care delivered to patients. Further research is also needed to demonstrate that these initiatives are linked to improved patient outcomes. I...

This research was undertaken to delineate the future role of nursing professional development (NPD) specialists. Using a modified e-Delphi technique, seven key roles for NPD (partner for practice transitions, learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion of scientific inquiry, and advocate for NPD specialty) and their concomitant competencies evolved. Results of this study inform...

BACKGROUND Empathy is an indispensable skill in medicine and is an integral part of 'professionalism'. Yet, there is still increasing concern among medical educators and medical professionals regarding the decline in medical students' empathy during medical education. AIMS This article aims at comparing the levels of empathy in medical school students across the different years of undergradua...

This study describes the development and testing of a paired `customer satisfaction' survey used to determine the development of general skills by graduates from professionally accredited construction degree programmes. Graduates from professional courses are often described by employers as lacking in useful and instant fee-earning skills. This survey reveals the extent of differences in expect...