The Good CPD Guide: a Practical Guide to Managed Continuing Professional Development in Medicine, Second Edition

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Content: Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword About the author Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS MANAGED CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? Background What is managed CPD? How does managed CPD fit into professional and regulatory environments? Managed CPD, clinical governance and regulation The effectiveness of continuing professional development Effectiveness and the individual doctor IMPLEMENTING MANAGED CPD STEP ONE: IDENTIFY WHAT TO LEARN How can learning needs be identified? Should all CPD be based on specific learning needs? How do doctors identify their learning needs?Needs assessment based on the clinician's own experiences in direct patient care Interactions within the clinical team and department Needs assessment based on the clinician's non-clinical activities Formal approaches to quality management and risk assessment Specific activities directed at needs assessment Peer review STEP TWO: PLAN HOW TO LEARN -- DOCUMENTATION STEP THREE: LEARN Learning in a profession Right and wrong assumptions about doctors' learning Professional learning methods Academic activities Meetings. Learning from colleaguesLearning from practice Technology-based learning and media Management and quality processes Specially arranged events STEP FOUR: USE THE LEARNING AND SHOW ITS EFFECT Reinforcing learning Disseminating the CPD locally Measuring the effectiveness of CPD: The challenges Who benefits from CPD? Types of change resulting from CPD: How can they be appreciated? Showing the effectiveness of CPD Methods of using CPD and showing its effects The methods APPENDICES Appendix 1: Overview of the literature Appendix 2: Appraisal record form template. Appendix 3: Methods of needs assessmentAppendix 4: A study leave application form Appendix 5: Methods of professional learning Appendix 6: Methods of using the learning and showing its effects Appendix 7: A personal development plan References Index.