Education and development. E-learning and professional development -- never too old to learn.

A growing concern among healthcare professionals is the need to continually update knowledge and skills in order to enhance clinical practice. It is recognized that there are major concerns about recruitment and retention of staff within health care, and an increasing need for greater emphasis on va...

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Publicado en:British Journal of Nursing Vol. 16; no. 17; pp. 1084 - 1089
Autor principal: Gill A
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Mark Allen Holdings Limited 9/27/2007
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          Education, Non-Traditional
          Education, Nursing, Continuing
          Internet
          Learning Methods
          Nurses Education
          Professional Development Methods
          Adult
          Descriptive Statistics
          Middle Age
          Pilot Studies
          Qualitative Studies
          Quantitative Studies
          Triangulation
          Human
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
      ab: A growing concern among healthcare professionals is the need to continually update knowledge and skills in order to enhance clinical practice. It is recognized that there are major concerns about recruitment and retention of staff within health care, and an increasing need for greater emphasis on valuing the existing workforce. This article contributes to the debate about the role of e-learning in conjunction with continuing professional development (CPD) and personal professional development. It describes how healthcare professionals utilized an innovative, self-managed, pick-up and put-down distance learning module delivered online or by CD-ROM. Staff enrolled on the module were encouraged to complete a questionnaire online or by post upon completion of each unit; to enhance validity, telephone interviews were also conducted with selected staff. Results indicate that participants showed some improvement in all categories, especially patient care where 90% of staff reported some improvement after completing the course. This particular method of teaching and learning was shown to be favoured by staff as a method of CPD, and thus has the potential to enhance patient care.
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