Training to meet the pandemic's challenges in neuroscience nursing

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 166-168
Author(s):  
Emily Spence

All health services and specialities, including neuroscience, are facing an uncertain future as the pandemic's impact continues to be felt throughout 2021. Emily Spence highlights the importance of continuing professional development and education in meeting these challenges.

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonia Mourtzikou ◽  
Marilena Stamouli ◽  
Elena Athanasiadi ◽  
Evaggelia Marasidi

The need to implement a Quality Management System in health sector arises from the rising interest for quality in health services by patients, health personnel and society. ISO 9001:2008 and CEN/TS 15224: 2005 apply to health services and emphasize on quality. Their basic principles are customer focus, leadership, involvement of all stakeholders, task-based approach, cooperation of all sectors for quality through information, mutually beneficial relationship with suppliers, continuous improvement, and European harmonization. The implementation of quality management systems in health services is complex due to special characteristics. Moreover, human resources include many different specialties and management/support staff, dedicated and essential to effective health system functioning. Continuing medical education and Continuing Professional Development are important components of professional development and competence, enabling continuous ongoing instruction of knowledge and skills for health professionals. Their outcomes and effects must always be measured and evaluated.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
Fitriana Fitriana ◽  
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Yufitriana Amir ◽  
Erwin Erwin

Continuing professional development is a process that must be carried out by each individual nurse in order to maintain and update the development of health services through setting high standards of professional practice. The purpose of this research was to determine the need for ongoing professional development activities which include training, seminars, workshops, and formal education for alumni of the Faculty of Nursing, Riau University. Design was descriptive quantitative. The research sample was 293 respondents taken using purposive sampling technique. The results showed the need for continuous professional development in the first priority is training (34.8%) with the type of training needed is emergency nursing training or BTCLS (19.8%), and the second highest priority is formal education (25.3%), who continued S2 if given the opportunity (89.4%) of respondents with the desired form of specialist programs namely management nursing (20.5%) and (10, 6%) want to continue with S3 if given the opportunity. The conclusion of this research is the need for continuing professional development especially training and education activities is very important for Nursing alumni of the Faculty of Nursing, University of Riau to improve their professionalism.


2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parimala Moodley

A working group was brought together in a 2-day workshop by the Sub-Dean to take forward training in transcultural psychiatry. The group comprised senior members of the College; psychiatrists with particular expertise in transcultural issues and/or education; and included trainers from undergraduate to continuing professional development (CPD) level.


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