There is growing recognition of the need to reeducate clinically inactive physicians seeking to return to practice and in the facilitation of this return. Physicians seeking to return to practice face many challenges: maneuvering the various requirements of licensing, medical, and credentialing boards; finding an appropriate educational program to…

The aim of this article is to give an account of a self-help "bottom-up" continuing professional development (CPD) facility for SENCos which has been built up over the last 16 years. This CPD was originally intended to supplement any substantive training that might have been provided by local authorities (LAs) and by further and higher…

The Lifelong Learning Imperative (LLI) project was initiated to assess current practices in lifelong learning for engineering professionals, reexamine the underlying assumptions behind those practices, and outline strategies for addressing unmet needs. The LLI project brought together leaders of U.S. industry, academia, government, and…

This discussion of a model for law librarianship continuing education programs consists of three parts: (1) the background of law librarianship, including a comparison of education programs in other professions and a general discussion of continuing education; (2) a description of a regional plan for assessing the profession's education needs; and…

Presents the results of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP) survey to represent the perceived needs of family physicians who are concerned about continuing education. (PG)

A successful series of workshops was planned and implemented in a rural area of Michigan where travel distances and lack of financial support from health care agencies were barriers to continuing education. Data obtained from a survey of 150 nurses identified priority subject areas and resource persons. (MS)

Testing, staffing, and educational objectives of performance-based teacher education programs are discussed. (GW)

The role of clinical sciences in the continuing education of pharmacists is seen to be primarily in the area of changing the practice of pharmacy. Programs are described that would alter pharmacists' practice setting, namely the services they provide, and thus establish a rationale for pharmacists' need for continuing education. (JMD)

Ways in which the Health Education Consortium has determined and is meeting the continuing education and inservice education needs of hospital personnel in Northwest Mississippi are described. (MS)

A mobile continuing education program at Arizona State University College of Nursing is described. A van equipped with audio-visual aids and a lending library is used by a nursing faculty member to present instruction to registered nurses and other health personnel in northern Arizona. (MS)

The author defines recurrent education as continuing, or lifelong, education, offers a rationale for the concept, quotes the recommendations of a Canadian report, and describes a Canadian Professional Education Project. He discusses the impact of futuristics on course planning and recommends moving in the direction of planned continuous learning.…

Described is the competency project being conducted by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the American Pharmaceutical Association, and its relationship to the development of continuing education programs. The project is attempting to specify standards of competency and develop self-assessment devices to be used by pharmacists.…

Colleges that have prepared students for entry-level school positions are now turning their attention to the development of continuing professional education programs. If educational needs and expectations of employed school personnel are to be satisfied. program development will require a new kind of interaction between schools and colleges. For…

THIS ADULT LEARNING SEMINAR, OUTGROWTH OF MEETINGS SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, FOCUSED UPON NEEDS OF MINISTERS, OBJECTIVES OF PROGRAM OF CONTINUING EDUCATION, AND PROCESSES BY WHICH PROGRAMS ARE EVALUATED. THE CHANGING WORLD IN WHICH MINISTRY FUNCTIONS WAS DISCUSSED IN PAPERS ON MINISTRY AS EDUCATION OF PUBLIC, IMPLICATIONS OF…

This document proposes, and indicates initial reaction to, a multi-point satellite-based delivery system which will permit expansion of current programs and services of the Association for Media-based Continuing Education for Engineers, Inc. (AMCEE) consortium to a much larger aggregated audience of practicing engineers throughout the country. It…