Vive la Différence: A Comparison of CPD Quality Assurance Systems in France and The United States
Offering relevant, evidence based continuing professional development (CPD) to ensure the continued competence of health professionals is a universal concern. This concern will become even more crucial in a world facing global health threats and in a context of internationalisation of learning envir...
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| author | Anne Depaigne-Loth Laure Poirat Jean-Philippe Natali Michèle Lenoir-Salfati Kate Regnier Graham McMahon Tamar Hosansky |
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| description | Offering relevant, evidence based continuing professional development (CPD) to ensure the continued competence of health professionals is a universal concern. This concern will become even more crucial in a world facing global health threats and in a context of internationalisation of learning environments. While accrediting systems (i.e. external quality assurance systems for CPD) share a common goal to promote high quality CPD, each system is shaped by national history and contexts. An international movement is working to enhance the convergence of accrediting principles and processes. One of the first steps is to know and understand each other. This article serves this goal by offering a descriptive comparison of two seemingly different CPD quality assurance systems – in France and in the USA of America. The descriptions were developed by members of the accrediting bodies in both countries. The main finding of this descriptive study is that, despite stark differences in historical contexts and governance schemes, both regulators share principles of quality and independence of CPD and have endorsed a leadership role in promoting effective strategies, including interprofessional continuing education and practices. The commonalities of goals and values revealed in the study support the efforts of the International Academy for CPD Accreditation related to the globalisation of both health issues and learning environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1fab74e76b83473d81902744b02c504f2022-12-22T02:22:10ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of European CME2161-40832022-12-0111110.1080/21614083.2022.2068215Vive la Différence: A Comparison of CPD Quality Assurance Systems in France and The United StatesAnne Depaigne-Loth0Laure Poirat1Jean-Philippe Natali2Michèle Lenoir-Salfati3Kate Regnier4Graham McMahon5Tamar Hosansky6Agence nationale du Développement Professionnel Continu, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, FranceAgence nationale du Développement Professionnel Continu, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, FranceAgence nationale du Développement Professionnel Continu, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, FranceAgence nationale du Développement Professionnel Continu, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, FranceAccreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Chicago, Illinois, USAAccreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Chicago, Illinois, USAAccreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Chicago, Illinois, USAOffering relevant, evidence based continuing professional development (CPD) to ensure the continued competence of health professionals is a universal concern. This concern will become even more crucial in a world facing global health threats and in a context of internationalisation of learning environments. While accrediting systems (i.e. external quality assurance systems for CPD) share a common goal to promote high quality CPD, each system is shaped by national history and contexts. An international movement is working to enhance the convergence of accrediting principles and processes. One of the first steps is to know and understand each other. This article serves this goal by offering a descriptive comparison of two seemingly different CPD quality assurance systems – in France and in the USA of America. The descriptions were developed by members of the accrediting bodies in both countries. The main finding of this descriptive study is that, despite stark differences in historical contexts and governance schemes, both regulators share principles of quality and independence of CPD and have endorsed a leadership role in promoting effective strategies, including interprofessional continuing education and practices. The commonalities of goals and values revealed in the study support the efforts of the International Academy for CPD Accreditation related to the globalisation of both health issues and learning environments.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21614083.2022.2068215CPD accreditationinterprofessional continuing educationCPD qualityCPD independenceCPD and FranceUS CPD |
| spellingShingle | Anne Depaigne-Loth Laure Poirat Jean-Philippe Natali Michèle Lenoir-Salfati Kate Regnier Graham McMahon Tamar Hosansky Vive la Différence: A Comparison of CPD Quality Assurance Systems in France and The United States Journal of European CME CPD accreditation interprofessional continuing education CPD quality CPD independence CPD and France US CPD |
| title | Vive la Différence: A Comparison of CPD Quality Assurance Systems in France and The United States |
| title_full | Vive la Différence: A Comparison of CPD Quality Assurance Systems in France and The United States |
| title_fullStr | Vive la Différence: A Comparison of CPD Quality Assurance Systems in France and The United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vive la Différence: A Comparison of CPD Quality Assurance Systems in France and The United States |
| title_short | Vive la Différence: A Comparison of CPD Quality Assurance Systems in France and The United States |
| title_sort | vive la difference a comparison of cpd quality assurance systems in france and the united states |
| topic | CPD accreditation interprofessional continuing education CPD quality CPD independence CPD and France US CPD |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21614083.2022.2068215 |
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