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Emerging crisis of continuing professional education: becoming a dead letter between external pressure and personal incentive?
Author(s) -
Aiga Hirotsugu,
Banta James E.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the international journal of health planning and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-1751
pISSN - 0749-6753
DOI - 10.1002/hpm.714
Subject(s) - incentive , continuing professional development , health professionals , promotion (chess) , public relations , professional development , skepticism , quality (philosophy) , continuing education , compliance (psychology) , subsistence agriculture , medical education , business , psychology , nursing , medicine , health care , political science , social psychology , philosophy , agriculture , ecology , epistemology , politics , law , economics , biology , microeconomics
Abstract Csontinuing professional education (CPE) has been recognized as an effective tool for equipping health professionals with updated knowledge and skills for improving health services quality. However, there is globally increasing skepticism concerning the effectiveness of CPE. In developed countries, the major reasons for participation in CPE include compliance with employers' requirements and renewal of specialist qualifications and licences. In developing countries, CPE, frequently supported by development agencies, often provides subsistence support to participants and is possibly perceived as an extra income opportunity or tool for promotion among health professionals. The knowledge and skills learned are insufficiently applied in daily practice. This carrot‐and‐stick approach should be reduced and efforts should be made to increase the level of application of what has been learned. To deliver more effective and efficient CPE, it is critical to study this issue in more depth. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.