The Impact of Continuing Professional Development Versus Traditional Continuing Pharmacy Education on Pharmacy Practice

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 1585-1595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen J McConnell ◽  
Carey L Newlon ◽  
Thomas Delate
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Continuing Pharmacy Education ◽  
The Impact

Action Learning and professional formation of youth and community work students

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 38-58
Author(s):  
Julie Flett ◽  
Mary Tyler
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Group Process ◽  
Action Learning ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Critically Reflective Practice ◽  
Learning Sets ◽  
Professional Formation

This paper follows 3 cohorts of students 2012 -2015  and maps their perceptions of professional development using Action Learning sets as a pedagogical tool . It looks at learning immediately after the Sets have taken place and builds on this up to 3 years after graduating.  The research  found that Action Learning Sets as a pedagogical tool make a valuable contribution to professional formation of youth and community workers by enabling participants to:Consolidate learning  from the courseBecome more confident and assertive about their professionalizationReflect together on practice as a learning community and learn about themselves within the group process  Understand how and when to use appropriate questions to enable reflection by othersUnderstand different ways people perceive issues, their different thought processesCritically understand the importance and benefits of opening up people's thinking/gaining new perspectivesBe open and willing to listen, best for developing relationships Learn to listen in order to understand others and in so doing developing self-knowledge and problem solving skills.Practise some educator / facilitator skills Action Learning Sets outcomes appears especially important where they  helped students develop confidence in their professional identity and in their ability to challenge to achieve recognition and change. However some participants discussed how an organisational culture that is not based on critically reflecting or even discussing professional approaches has impacted negatively on them as developing youth work professionals, echoing Stark’s (2006) similar findings from research on the impact of Sets used with nurses and educators. Many students  commented that there was no supervision in the workplace and no mechanism for group reflective learning so individuals were left to self-reflect without the benefit of alternative perspectives which they had come to value as a result of taking part within the Sets. This implied  a desire on the graduates’ part for continuing professional development . Further research into  critically reflective practice using action learning sets in the workplace could be explored within organisations and any demand developed within HE programmes .   

scholarly journals An Authentic, Practice-Based Assessment as a Catalyst for Continuous Professional Development

Pharmacy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Winkelbauer
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Quality Improvements ◽  
Changing Practice ◽  
Policy Alternatives ◽  
Education Professional Development ◽  
Assessment Approach ◽  
Continual Professional Development

Over the last ten years, pharmacy practice has changed significantly in Canada. It is more important than ever to ensure that the profession engages in continuing professional development in order to keep up with changing practice and changing public demand and scrutiny. The question is, how do we ensure that the required continual professional development occurs and is applied to practice? One Canadian regulator, the Ontario College of Pharmacists, has attempted to address this question by assessing the success of a number of quality assurance options in terms of addressing the competence of pharmacists, and by extension their ability to learn and apply their learning in an ongoing manner. This case study presents three policy options; an analysis of those options; and finally, an evaluation of the best option for this regulator. The policy alternatives considered include a continuing education/professional development requirement, standardized simulated assessment (i.e., observed structured clinical examination) and authentic practice-based assessment. For the Ontario College of Pharmacists, an authentic practice-based assessment approach seems effective at stimulating quality improvements in pharmacists’ practice, likely because the assessment acts as a catalyst for pharmacists to engage in continuing professional development in order to maintain competence.

scholarly journals Advancing the Adoption of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the United States

Pharmacy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
James A. Owen ◽  
Jann B. Skelton ◽  
Lucinda L. Maine
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
United States ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Patient Care Delivery

Over the last four decades, the expanded patient care roles of pharmacists in the United States (U.S.) have increased focus on ensuring the implementation of processes to enhance continuing professional development within the profession. The transition from a model of continuing pharmacy education (CPE) to a model of continuing professional development (CPD) is still evolving. As pharmacists assume more complex roles in patient care delivery, particularly in community-based settings, the need to demonstrate and maintain professional competence becomes more critical. In addition, long-held processes for post-graduate education and licensure must also continue to adapt to meet these changing needs. Members of the pharmacy profession in the U.S. must adopt the concept of CPD and implement processes to support the thoughtful completion of professional development plans. Comprehensive, state-of-the-art technology solutions are available to assist pharmacists with understanding, implementing and applying CPD to their professional lives.

scholarly journals Factors that optimise the impact of continuing professional development in nursing: A rapid evidence review

2020 ◽  
pp. 104652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel King ◽  
Bethany Taylor ◽  
Ashfaque Talpur ◽  
Carolyn Jackson ◽  
Kim Manley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Evidence Review ◽  
The Impact
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