For a competitive organisation, it is important to invest in employee's education to keep their knowledge up to date and ensure continuous growth in terms of employees' competence and skills. Continuous learning is considered as one of the success factors for the organisation, since this ensures constant growth of employees' competence that…

A study was designed to examine and describe planning strategies used by persons developing continuing professional education (CPE) programs for six professional fields. The research methods used to guide the inquiry were those of grounded theory. From the description of practice in the six professions, a general model portraying the program…

Presents a conceptual model of discrepancy analysis evaluation for planning, evaluating, and assessing the impact of continuing medical education (CME). Describes the model in terms of its value as a means of diagnosing errors in the development and implementation of CME. (JOW)

Outlines a six-step model for program planning, presentation, and evaluation for continuing education in the allied health professions. (SK)

Develops a general model of needs assessment, objective setting, and program development processes in continuing medical education (CME). Examines the coordinative, administrative, and consultative behaviors of CME program planners in their role as facilitators of decision making. (Author/SK)

Describes a needs assessment model that offers practical suggestions to program planners in a multidisciplinary area of inquiry that is relatively new to continuing education in health sciences. (Available from University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 94720.) (Author/CT)

Applied graduate programs in Communication are recommended as a desirable alternative for the future. Advantages of such programs are outlined and potential problems discussed. The Instructional Communication program at West Virginia University is described as an example of a successful applied graduate program. (JMF)

Model constructs of the relationship of program needs to educational objective setting in medical continuing education program development were outlined. Utilizing an inductive method of discovering theory as the major research method, five procedural models were derived. Data were collected from twenty respondents from ten university medical…

Describes a collaborative model for continuing education of nurses and its implications for staff development. Reviews the historical development of the committee's efforts which resulted in this model, the process of collaborative programming, the pooling of resources, the sharing of problems encountered, major outcomes and benefits of…

Considers Dr. Alan Knox's model on need appraisal and explores its underlying premises. Adapts the model to a specific target population, the Israeli exchange teacher, and examines its adaptability. (Author/DR)

Presents a conceptualization of an anatomy of continuing medical education. It is suggested that a body of knowledge developed for continuing medical education may be useful with suitable modifications in the continuing education of health professionals other than physicians. (Available from University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 94720.)…

The paper describes and illustrates the utility of the Content-Based Group-Assessment Model for developing programs of continuing professional education. A recent study of physical educators is used to demonstrate the potential utility of the model in developing curricular programs. (Author/AJ)

The author suggests a framework for planning and evaluating continuing education, giving attention to the learner, his objectives, and the learning process; these components are discussed in determining the special characteristics of the continuing education of professional health workers, and a model program is presented. The article is in…

The project described achieved two major objectives--the development of a model of a system for recognition of individual participation in professional continuing education by library/media/information personnel, and the development and demonstration of a prototype home study program to show that this learning mode can meet criteria for quality…

A context for continuing professional education is given, and a process of encouraging the university and practicing professionals to combine efforts for program quality. A Practice Audit Model is proposed to facilitate this relationship; it is a systematic process for identifying the educational needs of the practitioner who has a well-developed…