Burke, Linda, Redfern, Morag and Marks-Maran, Di (2016) Continuing professional development for non-medical health care professionals: History, issues and challenges. International Journal of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning, 8 (2). pp. 85-105. ISSN 2071-1158 (Online)

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Abstract

Continuing professional development (CPD) for healthcare professionals is an important issue in the maintenance of high standards of patient care. The non-medical healthcare professions have a varied history of CPD. This article presents how CPD has developed and emerged for the largest of the healthcare professions in the United Kingdom – nursing - and a newly emerging healthcare professional group, paramedic practitioners, including the emergence of CPD programmes for these professions, key current issues and policy drivers.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Continuing professional development; Nursing, Paramedic practice; Healthcare policy
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Health Sciences (HEA) Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Health & Society Research Group
Last Modified:	29 Sep 2017 11:29
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/15606

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