The world we live in—how should simulation be part of continuing professional education?

Continuing professional development--where are we now?

This year we have extended the project to provide a school and accommodation for AIDS orphans and abandoned children, further down the hillside. Alongside this is a health and nutrition rehabilitation unit that involves both mothers and pregnant women with training in mothercraft, child rearing and nutrition, and we are currently building another large rondavel in this outer circle, which will ...

Food safety education: what should we be teaching to consumers?

Food safety education is most effective when messages are targeted toward changing behaviors most likely to result in foodborne illness. The five major control factors for pathogens are personal hygiene, adequate cooking, avoiding cross-contamination, keeping food at safe temperatures, and avoiding foods from unsafe sources. Pathogens associated with poor personal hygiene have the highest incid...

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. ...

Continuing education and maintaining professional competence.

The credentials of new graduates in occupational therapy are determined by the degrees earned, the completion of fieldwork education, and the result of a national certification examination. Professional competence beyond graduation or after entry into the field is not formally or routinely assessed. Maintaining professional competence is a continual process, which combines cognitive knowledge, ...