A questionnaire on the American Association of Mental Deficiency's continuing education program in mental retardation from two groups of leadership personnel indicated a general lack of knowledge about the program and a high degree of agreement between the two groups in terms of perceived training needs for administrators. (Author)

Presents highlights of the First World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education, including perspectives from European and Asian educators. (SK)

Discusses the findings of a study that investigated the continuing education attitudes and experiences of librarians at the City University of New York and variables of age, sex, years since completion of library degree, job security, type of college library, career goals, and additional academic degrees. (Author)

Nurses working with breast cancer patients (n=119) identified general and cancer-specific continuing education needs; 13 of the 14 cancer-related needs ranked in the top 20. There were no differences between acute care and community nurses. Newly qualified nurses had significantly greater needs. (Contains 44 references.) (SK)

Analysis of 88 self-directed learning projects conducted by registered nurses showed that home and the workplace were favored locations, 70% of projects were planned by learners, primary resources were co-workers and conference handouts, and finding time was the chief obstacle. (SK)

This article has three key points. The first proposes and illustrates a model for planning effective continuing medical education (CME) and continuing professional development (CPD) and how assessment might fit into it. The second reviews major trends in assessment, particularly with regard to regulation and CME. The third addresses challenges for…

This paper asks who should be responsible for the design and delivery of improved continuing professional development (CPD). It also questions what roles teacher educators, subject specialists and experienced classroom practitioners should take in developing a research-led programme for practising teachers. The paper further reviews current…

The rising costs of medical treatment in the United States are fueling a movement to outsource medical treatment. Estimates of the number of Americans traveling overseas for treatment range from 50,000 to 500,000. Charges for common procedures such as heart bypass can be $11,000 in Thailand compared to $130,000 in the United States. Knee…

The contemporary political and economic context has ensured that adults continually return to education in order to avoid both social and economic marginalization. Adults make and remake themselves through a process of self-authoring a reflexive process through which they make contextual decisions about their life. This article examines the…

Recent literature has described how the capacity for concurrent self-assessment--ongoing moment-to-moment self-monitoring--is an important component of the professional competence of physicians. Self-monitoring refers to the ability to notice our own actions, curiosity to examine the effects of those actions, and willingness to use those…

Evidence in literature indicates that Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of teachers is essential in creating effective schools. Since 2001 the implementation of education legislation and policies has progressively shifted the new agenda within a transformation framework aimed at reconstructing the education system to the fore. The many…

Numerous studies have identified that delays in diagnosis related to the mishandling of abnormal test results are an import contributor to diagnostic errors. Factors contributing to missed results included organizational factors, provider factors and patient-related factors. At the diagnosis error conference continuing medical education conference…

Few European countries have developed a broad strategic framework to raise the profile of science in education and wider society. However, a wide range of initiatives have been implemented in many countries. The impact of these various activities is nevertheless difficult to measure. School partnerships with science-related organisations are…

Objective: To provide a basic introduction for athletic training educators about the importance of clinical outcomes measures and to recommend strategies for implementing clinical outcomes assessment education in professional and post-professional athletic training education programs. Background: Outcomes is a frequently used term amongst…

The use of portfolios in the professional development of teachers and other professionals working in education has become widespread in the United Kingdom. There is an assumption that such an approach to assessment for graduate award-bearing programmes will support the learning and development of teaching professionals and allow them to…