Continuing professional development

What are your views regarding your own continued professional development How do you practise it ... 

Shaping a personal way of assessing one s knowledge is an important commitment to continuous professional development and demonstration of personal competence. Self-assessment that is taken seriously has the capacity to identify areas where further sharpening is needed. It also provides the capacity to validate what one knows related to the competence requirements of one s practice. Such assessment is not a comparison of what one knows compared with others but rather, focuses on the skills, knowledge and attitudes that are relevant to an individual s practice. 

MCQs in Pharmacy Practice is an important effort to engage individual pharmacists in such self-assessment. The authors of this text have identified a way by which individual pharmacists, who are committed to their own continuing professional development, can apply a systematic way of involving themselves in self assessment. 

Clause 19.1 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Meetings and Courses... 

Ranky, P. G, Computerized engineering assessment method based on 3D interactive multimedia, That students enjoy, paper presented at the ASEE, American Society of Engineering Educators, US National Meeting, Continuing Professional Development Division, Nashville, TN, June 2003. 

Continual professional development including attendance at scientific meetings helps to maintain and improve both analytical and interpretive competence and quality. 

Joan has been serving as the clinical coordinator for the department of pharmacy in a 500-bed hospital for more than 9 years. She provides clinical services to patients admitted to the general medicine service, manages clinical programs for the department, and is responsible for the continued professional development of 12 clinical pharmacists. Joan is a member of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee, the nutrition support committee, and an ad hoc committee to improve the patient discharge process. She also chairs the hospital s smoking-cessation campaign. 

This advertisement contains many elements that would make the position attractive to those with the desire to see their industrial work as an extension of their academic research. Emphasis is on their continued professional development, encouraging publication of their work and attendance at conferences, where such work could be further discussed or presented as a paper. This fits in with a long-standing tradition within the larger pharmaceutical companies, where the sharing of fundamental findings is considered to be beneficial all round. 

Perhaps you can see the reasons why some of the samples sent to the laboratory for analysis can take some time to process, as none of these techniques are instant and they all require time and expertise. If you have an opportunity, follow the pathway of a sample you send to the laboratory for analysis and watch the procedures being used. It could be part of your continuing professional development plan. 

A simple cycle of events can be assessed continually as part of an active career plan. Continuing professional development (CPD) demands that, at whatever level, training is reviewed and acted upon. There will never be a situation when there are no training needs, and this is worthwhile exercise to apply to all activities when considering training opportunities. 

All health care professionals who are involved with supplementary prescribing will require continuing professional development (CPD). Practitioners have a responsibility to keep themselves up to date with clinical and professional developments. Since 2005, podiatrists (and others) have also had to meet the requirements of the Standards for Continuing Professional Development of the Health Professions Council. This is a self-declaration, which has to be kept current with practice within an individual s practice. It is subject to periodic audit, requiring the submission of evidence of CPD to the HPC. Employers should allow practitioners access to relevant education and training. The Department of Health has commissioned CPD support for supplementary prescribers through the National Prescribing Centre (see www.npc.co.uk). 

Part of the UK s intelligence services, our role is to counter threats that compromise national and global security. We work in one of the most diverse, creative and technically challenging IT cultures. Throw in continuous professional development, and you get truly interesting work, in a genuinely inspirational business. 

All states require continuing pharmaceutical education for licensure renewal. The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredits most education that pharmacists receive to maintain their license. Many state boards of pharmacy also accredit continuing pharmaceutical education programs. ACPE is focusing on continuing professional development for evaluating pharmacist competency. 

Information technology professional practice (d) An ability to function effectively on teams to accomplish a common goal (e) An understanding of professional, ethical, legal, security, and social issues and responsibilities (h) Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, continuing professional development The student outcomes (d), (e), and (h) address the skills required to function effectively in the workplace... 

John Twyford has responsibility for design and technology at the University of Exeter. He has experience of both primary and secondary education and is actively involved in teachers continuing professional development. He has published in various journals and is author of Design, Capability and Awareness (Longman 1994). 

Undertake assignments only when quaUlied by education or experience in the specific technical fields involved. Accept responsibihty for their continued professional development by acquiring and maintaining competence through continuing education, experience, and professional training. 

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