scholarly journals Safety and quality of nurse independent prescribing: a national study of experiences of education, continuing professional development clinical governance

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 2506-2517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alesha Smith ◽  
Sue Latter ◽  
Alison Blenkinsopp
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Clinical Governance ◽  
National Study ◽  
Independent Prescribing

scholarly journals Clinical governance and continuing professional development

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Wattis ◽  
Peter McGinnis
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Clinical Governance ◽  
Standards Of Care ◽  
High Standards

Clinical governance can be defined as: “a framework through which NHS organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish” (NHS Executive, 1998).

scholarly journals Local initiatives in clinical effectiveness

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 373-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Kehoe
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Secondary Care ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Clinical Effectiveness ◽  
Clinical Governance ◽  
Local Initiatives

With the arrival of clinical governance, psychiatrists working for the National Health Service (NHS) can no longer work in isolation, and commitment to both clinical effectiveness and continuing professional development (CPD) is expected and likely to become mandatory. Clinical governance gives clinical effectiveness a high priority within NHS organisations, both at primary and secondary care levels, together with clearer lines of accountability.

scholarly journals МОЖЛИВОСТІ ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ ДИСТАНЦІЙНОГО НАВЧАННЯ В БЕЗПЕРЕРВНОМУ ПРОФЕСІЙНОМУ РОЗВИТКУ ПРОВІЗОРІВ

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Yu. Babintseva
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Individualized Learning ◽  
Quality Of Learning ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies

<p>The possibilities of distance learning technologies to provide effective continuing professional development of ph ar macists<br />was discussed. Improving the quality of this study is to provide adaptability and confor mity knowledge transfer. Applying the principles of individualized learning was improved quality of learning more. Individualization of training can reduce the amount of errors in decision-making (analysis of situational tasks) more than twice was proved.</p>

Developing E-Learning Provision for Healthcare Professionals' Continuing Professional Development

2011 ◽  
pp. 91-104
Author(s):  
Susi Peacock ◽  
Gloria Maria Dunlop
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
Care Services ◽  
External Pressures ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Practical Reflection

This chapter discusses the provision of continuing professional development (CPD) for allied healthcare professionals (AHPs) through e-learning. External pressures are increasing on AHPs to engage with CPD on a regular basis to improve the quality of care services and facilitate changes in working practice. E-learning has the potential to reach this group of diverse learners and integrate learning into their work schedule at a time and place convenient for them and their employers: eCPD. We provide a practical reflection grounded in the experience of practitioners and students who have been involved in our deployment of eCPD over the last three years. The issues that have arisen from this initiative will be familiar to many of those who have been involved in the deployment of e-learning in our sector. Ultimately, we hope that the solutions we have provided to meet the needs of this specific group of learners will address those for all e-learners. In addition, we believe that it will support the process of embedding (“normalising”) e-learning across an institution.

Equipping Educational Developers for Inclusive International Programs in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-40
Author(s):  
Davinia Sánchez-García ◽  
Emma Dafouz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
International Programs ◽  
Teacher Professional

Given the internationalization process of higher education across the globe, continuing professional development (CPD) of academic staff is vital to ensure the quality of teaching and learning. Under such scenario, the European Erasmus+ project “Educational Quality at Universities for Inclusive International Programmes” (EQUiiP) identifies the role of the internationally-oriented educational developer (ED) as crucial to higher education institutions (HEIs) and provides these institutions with the means to support academic staff and hereby enhance the quality of internationalized programs taught in international classrooms. Consequently, this chapter provides the conceptual rationale behind the EQUiiP project, delves into the needs of teacher education programs and the role played by the EDs, and describes the EQUiiP project and its outcomes by providing concrete examples of its inclusive CPD program. Finally, some implications and recommendations for teacher professional development, with specific reference to the Spanish setting, are offered.

Teaching and Continuing Professional Development: an Italian experience

2006 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Putoto
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Clinical Governance ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Italian Experience ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Development Of Competencies ◽  
Knowledge Competencies ◽  
The University

AbstractContinuing Professional Development (CPD) is a key factor for effective implementation of Clinical Governance. The development of a quality system is, in fact, strictly related to the development of competencies of healthcare professionals. Lifelong learning has emerged as a new paradigm that underlines the need to maintain and continuously improve knowledge, competencies and attitudes in the changing scenario of healthcare systems. CPD accreditation is another fundamental issue and a variety of voluntary and compulsory approaches can be recognised at an international level. The experience of the University Hospital of Padova may be useful to demonstrate that CPD can be addressed to implement a Clinical Governance project.

Action Research as Continuous Professional Development in Southeast Asia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarimah Shaik-Abdullah ◽  
S. Kanageswari Suppiah Shanmugam ◽  
Mohan Chinnappan
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
School Communities ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
Research Action ◽  
Successes And Challenges

The quality of education in any country rests on school communities as a whole. However, the real implementers of innovations and changes in curriculum are teachers. Teachers, as practitioners, are the ones most often held accountable for successes and failures in educating schoolchildren. The way to facilitate teachers in handling challenges and keeping up with curriculum renewals is through constant support in the form of continuing professional development (CPD) by means of action research. Action research as CPD has been viewed as a critical platform for advocating change, which is the outcome of teachers’ ability and autonomy to lead in making informed decisions about their own practices. Given its usefulness, action research is found well established, vastly practiced, and widely published in Western countries. This has raised the question of the widespread use of action research as CPD in the Southeast Asian (SEA) region. Preliminary analysis reveals that in some SEA countries, such as Timor Leste, there is limited literature on action research, while in countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, action research has been well documented. At the same time, there is an emerging trend in SEA countries to adopt different models of action research. In Malaysia, for instance, action research has been primarily classroom based, whereas in Indonesia, a critical and community based approach to action research seems to be prevalent. This suggests that the kinds of action research conducted in the different SEA countries may reflect variations in cultural, economic, and geographical landscapes. Given the importance of action research to teacher practitioners and school leaders, and in providing an identity to the action research approaches conducted in Southeast Asia, the historical trail of action research presents a window into the nature of CPD concerns of each country, as well as the successes and challenges of conducting action research as CPD for sustained impact.

scholarly journals Exploring Primary Healthcare Students and Their Mentors’ Awareness of Mentorship and Clinical Governance as Part of a Local Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Program: Findings of a Quantitative Survey

Healthcare ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
McSherry ◽  
Snowden
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Healthcare Setting ◽  
Clinical Governance ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Healthcare Practice

: Introduction: Research by Snowden [1] and Elwood et al. [2] exploring the benefits of mentoring and the place of clinical governance in enhancing care delivery illustrated an unexplored synonymous relationship between mentors and mentees (students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels) and its potential impact on patient safety and quality of care. The significance of the research was in recognizing the importance the role of the mentor can play in raising awareness of patient safety and clinical governance principles and processes in the primary healthcare setting. Aims: Building on Elwood et al.’s [2] preliminary research, this research aimed to explore primary healthcare workers and their mentor’s awareness of mentorship and clinical governance as part of a local Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program. Furthermore, it aimed to establish any relationship between the mentors, the mentee, and their awareness and application of clinical governance in the primary healthcare setting. Methodology: A quantitative research design using a survey was adopted. Data Collection Instrument: The researchers integrated previously validated questionnaires incorporating Darling’s [3] Measuring Mentor Potential Scale, Darwin’s [4] Dimensions of Mentoring, and the Clinical Governance Awareness Questionnaire developed by McSherry and Pearce [5] into a new questionnaire. This was called “Mentorship and Clinical Governance Awareness”. Sample: Convenience sample surveys were posted to complete and return to 480 primary healthcare workers undertaking post graduate study. Findings: A total of 112 completed questionnaires were included for the analysis amounting to a 23% response rate. A principle component factor analysis combining part 1—Darling’s [3] characteristics of an effective mentor and part 2—Darwin’s [4] personality characteristics of an effective mentor identified four primary characteristics. These are: (1) “A Facilitatory Adviser”, (2) “Critically Enabling Facilitator”, (3) “A Change Facilitator”, and (4) “An Approachable Facilitator”. These newly identified characterizations according to the primary healthcare workers significantly impacted on their awareness and application of clinical governance in primary healthcare practice. Implications for primary healthcare practice and education: The newly devised questionnaire can be used to gauge the effectiveness of mentors and mentoring and how the characteristics of the role can impact on mentee’s awareness and application of clinical governance. Healthcare manager’s, leaders, and educators should focus their attention on how these newly established characteristics of the mentor can influence clinical governance awareness and application in healthcare the future.

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