Abstract
This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. The AMEE CPD Committee was invited to oversee the launch of the first themed edition of MedEdPublish on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for 2019's first quarter and sent a call for papers on evidence-based discussion on CPD and lifelong learning. The main aim was to highlight research and work supporting healthcare professions continuing education and professional development. A collection of seventeen manuscripts of various types such as "New Education Method and Tools", "Research Article", "Case Study", "Practical Tips or Guidelines", "Report of Meeting or Workshop" and "Commentary" were published. The articles portray fundamental good CPD practices encompassing the array of professional competencies needed to provide high quality healthcare. The manuscripts cover various CPD subthemes among which, mentorship and feedback, interactive learning, learning communities and applied technology, interprofessional education, evaluation and assessment, research in CPD, CPD frameworks, patient safety and quality improvement. They also embrace various perspectives and cultural diversity with the deemed adjustments to the regional healthcare teams' needs. The role and responsibilities of CPD educators are emboldened. This edition was a platform to welcome and discuss CPD under various perspectives among the global CPD community.
Highlights
The articles portray fundamental good Continuing Professional Development (CPD) practices encompassing the array of professional competencies needed to provide high quality healthcare
Facilitated by the CPD educator, continuing education should be supported on an instructional design with merging clinical and educational outcomes
Regulators, societies, and policy makers should assume their leadership responsibility in overseeing and facilitating continuing learning environments as deemed adjusted to specific healthcare needs. This concluding commentary closes the loop initiated with the opening editorial (Aboulsoud S, Filipe H, 2019) and aims to provide an overview of the key issues that had emerged over the three months of a themed issue in Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) MedEdPublish on the topic of Continuing Professional Development
Summary
Regulators, societies, and policy makers should assume their leadership responsibility in overseeing and facilitating continuing learning environments as deemed adjusted to specific healthcare needs. This concluding commentary closes the loop initiated with the opening editorial (Aboulsoud S, Filipe H, 2019) and aims to provide an overview of the key issues that had emerged over the three months of a themed issue in AMEE MedEdPublish on the topic of Continuing Professional Development. We describe how this themed edition was planned and conducted, highlight the manuscripts published and suggest future direction
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