Introduction: Several recent studies highlight that physicians are not very accurate at assessing their competence in clinical domains when compared to objective measures of knowledge and performance. Instead of continuing to try to train physicians to be more accurate self-assessors, the research suggests that physicians will benefit from…

Registered Nurses (RNs), when educated in an Associate Degree (AD) program, learn in a face-to-face environment. Today's preferred standard of education for RNs is to achieve a minimum of a Bachelor's degree. For convenience while they continue working, numerous AD-prepared nurses seek online education to complete their Bachelor of Science in…

The purpose of this study was to understand how teachers participate in and benefit from an online community of practice (NETwork) for learning to teach. Dependent-samples t-tests were employed to examine the significant differences of members' perceptions of their social experience, while content analysis was utilized to identify members'…

Purpose: This study is based on an assessment survey of continuing education (CE) needs for ICT of library and information science (LIS) professionals. The particular purpose of this study was to seek answers to the following questions: What are the ICT-focused educational backgrounds, as well as personal and professional characteristics, of LIS…

Introduction: Many physicians seek information from colleagues over other sources, highlighting the important role of interaction in continuing professional development (CPD). To guide the development of CPD opportunities, this study explored the nature of cancer-related questions faced by general surgeons, and how interaction with colleagues…

In this paper I call for an unequivocal legitimisation of the living "I" in educational research. The paper itself becomes a context that explains this call. It is a report of my action research into my professional learning through working in South Africa, within the context of new policy frameworks for continuing teacher development.…

The Presenters' Collaborative Network (PCN) was started in 2002 to support the creation of a corps of teacher-consultants who would lead workshops for the Rhode Island Writing Project (RIWP) at local schools and conferences. The PCN is a group of teachers, past participants from summer institutes or year-round embedded programs in schools that…

A five year plan for continuing education for members of the Science-Technology Division of the Special Libraries Association is considered. (Author)

A study sought to develop a measure to assess educational self-direction of teachers in continuing education. A questionnaire with three dimensions of educational self-direction--closeness of supervision, routinization, and substantive complexity of work--was administered to supervisors, teachers, teacher aides, parent coordinators, social…

Western Michigan University has developed a program for prospective elementary teachers from the inner city which allows them to choose the point on the career ladder which they wish to reach. (HMD)

The few journals that are read by one half of the sample of psychiatrists bear a special responsibility for postgraduate education. Explicit attention to their role in postgraduate education may be warranted. (Author/PG)

Internship and inservice training, traditional continuing education approaches for media, library, and information specialists, are being supplemented by simulation of community contexts within which principles of lifelong learning can be applied. One such simulation is briefly described. (Author/AG)

The Outreach Leadership Network (OLN) was a regional program of continuing education for public librarians in New England. Federally funded under the Higher Education Act (Title II B), the project began July, 1971, and continued formal activities through October, 1972. The overall goal of the project was that of providing for more effective…

During the three hour planning session 125 representatives from 20 Special Libraries Association (SLA) Chapters discussed (1) the need for continuing education for special librarians, (2) the structure of continuing education, and (3) the content of continuing education. This report was taken directly from the transcription made during the…

The sole objective of the conference was to assemble experts in the various fields of continuing education for health to discuss the evaluation of their programs. Included were different types of producers of various kinds of courses or programs, adult educationalists, professional evaluators, financers of programs, etc. Particular attention was…