Factors influencing rural health care professionals' access to continuing professional education

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernon R. Curran ◽  
Lisa Fleet ◽  
Fran Kirby
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Health ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Rural Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Continuing Professional Education ◽  
Factors Influencing

GERIATRIC KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AMONG RURAL HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Turner Goins ◽  
Sara Jane Gainor ◽  
Cecil Pollard ◽  
S. Melinda Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Health ◽  
Rural Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Educational Needs

Delivering Distance Training to Rural Health Care Professionals

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Li ◽  
Robert A. Runderson ◽  
Judy F. Burnham ◽  
Geneva Bush Staggs ◽  
Justin C. Robertson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Health ◽  
Rural Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Distance Training

The effect of continuing professional education on health care outcomes: lessons for dementia care

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (S1) ◽  
pp. S34-S43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasika Rampatige ◽  
David Dunt ◽  
Colleen Doyle ◽  
Susan Day ◽  
Pauline van Dort
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Continuing Professional Education ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Healthcare Outcomes ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
Pubmed Database

ABSTRACTBackground: This review presents an overview of the published literature on the effectiveness of continuing professional education (CPE), which includes continuing medical education (CME) of different health care professionals in healthcare settings, for improving patient management and patient outcomes. This review summarizes key articles published on the subject, including those relating to dementia care.Methods: A literature search was carried out using the National Library of Medicine's PubMed database, Cochrane database and Eric databases.Results: Studies on CPE generally provide conflicting evidence on their effectiveness in bringing about a change in professional practices and healthcare outcomes. However interactive, multifaceted interventions, and interventions with repeated inputs appear more effective in bringing about positive changes than traditional non-interactive techniques. There are relatively few studies specifically concerning CPE and dementia care.Conclusion: This review shows that CPE in dementia care needs to be targeted carefully. Much can be learnt from examining education approaches in the wider professional and medical education literature.

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