Today’s modern world is moving fast and continues to develop in a time of everyday technological advancement. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is essential for consumer needs and continuously adapting working environment. Health and care professional council ( HCPC) defines CPD as; A range of learning activities through which professionals maintain and develop throughout their career to ensure that they continue to be able to practise safely, effectively, and legally, within their changing scope of practice. Professionals across all sectors need to enhance skills to stay effective in the workplace as well as helping them with their career progression. CPD for health care providers enables them to improve their professional skills …show more content…
People may learn in different way and have different learning styles that suit for individuals. The opportunity to access to different type of learning is also different between individuals due to financial, time or geographical constrains. For someone living in smaller town, might be unlikely that very large conference frequently come to his area and that make his access to learning activity slightly limited to different types access to learning. Work based leaning is one popular type of CPD activity. Dr I Ball (2010) believes Work-based learning (WBL) provides the reality of an authentic context for learning which produces the currency of transferable credit. It can enrich student learning, create a well-qualified workforce and open up new markets for higher education institutions (HEIs). Reflective practice is another learning activity. D.Schon(1982) describes reflective practice as "the capacity to reflect on action so as to engage in a process of continuous learning”. In this process individuals learn from their own experiences during their daily professional practice, rather than in a more formal educational setting. this learning is associated with profound thought intended at gaining a better perspective and better understanding by going over something several times. It can be undertaken in many forms; either individually …show more content…
The NHS Clinical Governance Support Team defines clinical audit as “measuring the quality of care and services against agreed standards and making improvements where necessary.” This allows learning and quality improvement to take place will improve outcomes for patients. Work shadowing is another type of learning activity requires by CPD. work shadowing enables the learner to gain an understanding of the job role while deepen the understanding of their workplace or organisations and to improve communication within the workplace itself. Case study is a form of problem-based learning which provides an excellent way of practicing and applying new concepts. Case studies are a great way to improve a learning experience, since they get the learner involved and encourage immediate use of newly acquired skills. Being involved in professional activity is an example of CPD activity. Involvement in professional body such as mentoring other colleague or students, speaking at conference, submitting review or article in a journal or news letter, all ae examples of professional activities. Formal educational learning is the common way of carry on CPD learning. Attending to the course, training session and attending workshop and conferences are examples of formal
According to Driscoll (2000), there are three processes when reflecting on one’s practice. They are: ‘What?’, ‘so what?’ and ‘Now what?’ Using Driscoll’s reflective cycle will enable me to link theory to practice.
The professional development plan for nursing graduates is a program that was started by the government with the aims of creating a smooth transition from the student experience to workplace experience. Despite having learnt several ethical and professional contents, the professional development plan ensures that, all the graduate nurses have a smooth transition that ensures they deliver quality and standard services as expected of them (Gordon & Franklin, 2003). Under the nursing professional plan, the nurses are supposed to bring together personal and professional skills in order to improve the quality of the nursing practice in the country.
National Institute for Clinical Excellence. (2002). Principles for Best Practice in Clinical Audit. National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press.
...et national criteria. The CQC and NHS require clinical governance and auditing to prove effective practice. In the absence of clinical audits it is very difficult to prove to the CQC and the NHS of whether you are practicing effectively which could affect your registration. Undertaking clinical audits within the practice to address current practice against national guidelines would have a number of benefits including identifying and promoting good practice which can lead to improvements in service delivery and provides information you need to demonstrate to the CQC that as a service provider you are delivering an effective service. It also provides opportunities for continued professional development through training and education and increases efficacy due to better utilisation of resources. Clinical audit is a multi-disciplinary activity and is an ongoing process.
UKCC (1994). The future of Professional Practice – The Councils Standard for Education and Practice following registration. http://www.nmc-uk.org/Documents/Standards/nmcStandardsForSpecialistEducationandPractice.pdf [Accessed 1/4/2014]
student. In the following journal, we see the benefit of reflective practice and what it achieves
Learning is considered a long term goal as it helps in continuity and evolution professionally (Thibault, 2011). It is important for me to be updated for best possible care provision. I will achieve this by developing interest to study towards attainment of highest levels of education for example PHD programs, attending education forums hosted by different universities, workshops and health seminars. My other long term ambitions include joining nurses’ professional organizations, administration duties and management skill acquisition and job promotions.
During March 2016, in Stage 1 of the pharmacy degree, I attended a two day work placement in a community pharmacy as part of the Work Based Learning module within the Capability unit. The purpose of Work Based Learning is to increase engagement with learning and to develop skills specific to patient pathways. This will link to Stage 4 of the MPharm course in which the main unit is Patient Centred Care. Therefore, it is imperative that I enhance my patient education skills through my own education.
Raelin (2000) writes that work-based learning can be illustrious from usual classroom learning in many different and important ways. Firstly, work-based learning is focuses in the region of reflection on work practices; it is not just about a subject of gaining a set of technical skills, but also about a case of reviewing and getting knowledge from experience. Secondly, work-based learning outlook learning as forthcoming from your action and problem solving inside a working environment, and so it is cited on live projects and challenges to individuals and organizations.
Reflection is a significant component of pre-registration education (Davis et al.2000). Hillard (2006) claims that for practitioners to learn from an experience they need to go beyond description and should reflect on their experiences in practice as this could potentially uncover any underlying influences, motivations and knowledge. Reflecting on an experience could then be identified as a process to bridging the gap between theory and practice (Bulman & Schutz, 2004).
Nurses need a seat at the table to ensure they have a voice to influence and shape their future. Nursing is constantly evolving and changing, and employers continue to raise the bar for nursing. Nurses understand early in their career the importance of continuing education to enhance future career opportunities. Professional development relates to how nurses continue to broaden their knowledge, skills, and expertise throughout their career, therefore enhancing their professional practice. This advanced knowledge is not only career boosting, but also opens a seat at the table giving nurses the power to make decisions and effect changes. Professional development and continuing education are more important to nurses now than ever before to keep up with the rapid changes in healthcare today. Numminen, Leino-Kilpi, Isoaho and Meretoja’s (2017) article contends professional development enhances personal satisfaction, rejuvenates the love of nursing, builds confidence and credibility. There are many avenues to pursue
The growth and development portfolio is a working document that provides ongoing evidence of competencies and areas of research. (Oermann, 2002). The use of electronic portfolios has been suggested as a means to facilitate continuously accessible learning in response to changes and complexities in nursing practice and to foster critical thinking in individual assessment and accountability. (Byrne et al, 2007) The ePortfolio can also be an avenue for peer collaboration and mentoring, if incorporated into the portfolio development
Continuous professional development is very much part of the process of lifelong learning as it is a range of activities related to learning through which health care professionals maintain their ability to practice safely and effectively within legal boundaries. (Health and Care Professions Council, 2014 p.6).The key consideration regarding the concept of lifelong learning is that there are a multitude of definitions of lifelong learning however the concept of lifelong learning has universal connotations of learning and evolving which are essential in nursing because of the constant changes occurring in health care
Continuing professional development is important for the individual because it ensures they continue to be knowledgeable
Professional development, in its most simple definition, is learning opportunities. Under professional development, individuals are open to a wide array of these opportunities in order to gain knowledge and improve. The learning opportunities that make up professional development take up many forms. Conferences that aim to teach new skills and methods, formal pieces of academic material, training methods provided by an external or internal organizations are all learning opportunities through which professional development is attained. Professional development is a continuous process, that requires adapting to new techniques and approaches to improve a person’s technical capabilities.