Current Paediatrics
Volume 11, Issue 5 , Pages 369-374, October 2001

Education and training: continuing professional development

University of Liverpool, Neonatal Unit, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Crown Street, Liverpool, L8 7SS, UK

Abstract 

Doctors in the UK are now required to undertake continuing professional development (CPD). This is generally regarded as more relevant to the daily work of the specialist than the narrower continuing medical education. Key features are reflection, self-directed learning and planning. Most doctors find that the formal exercise of planning educational activity in advance is useful. Taking part in CPD is likely to be linked to annual appraisal and quinquennial revalidation.

Keywords: lifelong learning, competence, appraisal, adult learning

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  • f1 Correspondence to: AMW. Tel: 0151 708 9988; Email: a.m.weindling@liverpool.ac.uk

PII: S0957-5839(01)90217-9

doi:10.1054/cupe.2001.0217

Current Paediatrics
Volume 11, Issue 5 , Pages 369-374, October 2001

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