Continuing Education—XIX Continuing Education Investments for Staff Development Benefits

Continuing medical education and continuing professional development: international comparisons.

[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. ...

Evaluation of end-of-life nursing education for continuing education and clinical staff development educators.

This article presents data from the 1-year follow-up of the three conferences targeted toward continuing education (CE) providers and staff development (SD) educators and reviews the train-the-trainer model used in disseminating the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) curriculum. The analysis has implications for educators to promote improved end-of-life (EOL) care in their own ins...

Instrument Development for Continuing Medical Education Evaluation

Title of Document: INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION EVALUATION Jing Tian, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Directed By: Assistant Professor Nancy L. Atkinson Department of Public and Community Health University of Maryland School of Public Health The purpose of this study was to develop a valid, reliable and adaptable CME evaluation instrument to facilitate the future CME evalu...

Factors influencing nursing staff members' participation in continuing education.

The purpose was to determine the effect of personal and professional factors, as well as motivational orientations, on the participation of nursing staff in continuing education at two health institutions, one public and another private. Descriptive, comparative, correlational design. Probabilistic sampling, random estimation, error limit 0.05, confidence level 95%. Participants were 105 subjec...