Classifying breast cancer surgery: a novel, complexity-based system for oncological, oncoplastic and reconstructive procedures, and proof of principle by analysis of 1225 operation... by Wallwiener Diethelm, Hoffmann Jürgen

“…We envisage various applications for this classification, including uses in randomised clinical trials, guideline development, specialist surgical training, continuing professional development as well as quality of care and public health research.…”
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Doctor Attributes That Patients Desire during Consultation: The Perspectives of Doctors and Patients in Primary Health Care in Botswana by Vincent Setlhare, Sphiwe Madiba

“…To optimise and enhance the consultation, continuing professional development should be adopted as a strategy to improve the communication and interpersonal skills of doctors.…”
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EFL Teachers Assessment Literacy Needs Inventory: A Case of Fulcher’s Assessment Literacy by Mohammad Reza khodashenas, Hossein Khodabakhshzadeh, Purya Baghaei, Khalil Motallebzadeh

“…The results indicated that the inventory can be best explained by four components which are knowledge of language assessment literacy, consequences of language assessment literacy, processes of language assessment literacy and teachers’ expectations of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programs. The TALNs inventory developed in this study aimed to help practitioners and researchers to investigate teachers’ needs in assessment literacy. …”
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Exploring the interplay of discourses, jurisdictions and restratification in medicine and the implications for intraprofessional collaboration by René Wong, Cynthia R. Whitehead, Simon Kitto

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South African physiotherapists’ perspectives on the competencies needed to work in special schools for learners with special needs by Machuene C. Manamela, Carina A. Eksteen, Bhekiwe Mtshali, Shade A.S. Olurunju

“…Support of physiotherapists to implement policies and procedures, and to attend continuing professional development, ranged from ‘fair’ to ‘poor’. …”
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Barriers and facilitators for the provision of radiology services in Zimbabwe: A qualitative study based on staff experiences and observations. by Saba Hinrichs-Krapels, Lazarus Tombo, Harriet Boulding, Edith D Majonga, Carole Cummins, Semira Manaseki-Holland

“…More importantly, we found a strong sense of personal motivation displayed by the staff, suggesting there is the potential to maintain and improve existing practices, but this would require investments to train and remunerate more radiology staff, as well as investing in continuing professional development.…”
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Racism and mental health and the role of mental health professionals by M. Schouler-Ocak, D. Bhugra, M. C. Kastrup, G. Dom, A. Heinz, L. Küey, P. Gorwood

“…Furthermore, to overcome the internalized, interpersonal, and institutional racism, the impact of racism on health and on mental health must be an integral part of educational curricula, from undergraduate levels through continuing professional development, clinical work, and research. …”
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Can We All Speak the Same ‘Language’ for Our Patients’ Sake? Feedback on Interprofessional Communication and Related Resources by Janet Nguyen, Jennifer Hunter, Lorraine Smith, Amy Forth, Amy Tyler, Louise Furney, Carolyn Ee, Joanna E Harnett

“…It explores stakeholder attitudes towards IPC and HCPs letter-writing, and interest in ongoing continuing professional development (CPD). Methods A cross-sectional survey involving 1) an online public consultation survey and 2) a paper survey collected following IPC CPD activities. …”
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HEALTH SCIENCES EDUCATORS’ AND EDUCATOR CANDIDATES’ DIGIPEDAGOGICAL COMPETENCE: ASSESSMENT AFTER AN ONLINE COURSE by Terhi Saaranen, Janette Kiikeri, Leena Salminen, Kukka-Maaria Kokkonen, Imane Elonen, Iina Ryhtä, Kristina Mikkonen, Maria Kääriäinen, Tuulikki Sjögren, Hilkka Korpi, Marjorita Sormunen

“…The lessons learned from this study can be applied in basic and continuing professional development of health sciences educators.…”
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An online programme in teaching and assessing critical thinking for medical faculty by Simon Field, Pat Croskerry, Susan Love, Peggy Alexiadis Brown

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An international planetary health for primary care massive open online course by Mayara Floss, MD, Alan Abelsohn, MBChB, Aoife Kirk, MBChB MPH, Su-Ming Khoo, PhD, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, PhD, Roberto Nunes Umpierre, MD PhD, Alice McGushin, MRC, Sojung Yoon, MScPH

“…We suggest that this MOOC is an appropriate response to planetary health challenges, and argue that cost-free, accredited planetary health education for primary care practitioners should be provided as a public good that also fulfils individual professionals’ entitlement to quality education and continuing professional development.…”
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Det sundhedsprofessionelle kommunikationshjul – udviklingen af et narrativt digitalt læringsobjekt by Jane Ege Møller, Gintas Pociunas, Mads Ronald Dahl

“…The aim was to implement it in health communication training for students and health professionals during continuing professional development. The model seeks to meet a didactic challenge by visualizing a complementary relationship between health communication as skill, on the one hand, and context-bound complexity on the other. …”
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Experiences from Two Ways of Integrating Pre- and Post-course Multiple-choice Assessment Questions in Educational Events for Surgeons by Monica Ghidinelli, Michael Cunningham, Isobel C. Monotti, Nishma Hindocha, Alain Rickli, Iain McVicar, Mark Glyde

“…To examine how to optimise the integration of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) for learning in continuing professional development (CPD) events in surgery, we implemented and evaluated two methods in two subspecialities over multiple years. …”
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Diabetes and blood glucose monitoring knowledge and practices among pharmacy professionals in Cambodia and Viet Nam: digital survey and education by Cathy Haldane, Josselyn Neukom, Jaca Maison Lailo, Kol Hero, Beatrice Vetter

“…An accredited continuing professional development module was then made available to pharmacy professionals and students on SwipeRx in both countries. …”
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Brazilian teachers’ views and experiences regarding teaching biodiversity in an evolutionary and phylogenetic approach by Leonardo Augusto Luvison Araujo, Carolina Maria Boccuzzi Santana, Fernanda Franzolin

“…Considering the results obtained, a second study sought to analyze what challenges and possibilities Brazilian teachers who were enrolled in a continuing professional development course find in their classroom practices and the teaching materials they use when approaching cladograms while teaching about the diversity of organisms, as well as the experiences they had with cladograms during their education. …”
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Identifying early warning signs for diagnostic errors in primary care: a qualitative study by Balla, J, Heneghan, C, Goyder, C, Thompson, M

“…Reducing diagnostic errors in primary care should focus on early and systematic recognition of errors including near misses, and a continuing professional development environment that promotes reflection in action to highlight possible causes of process bias and of knowledge gaps.…”

How can swimming teacher/educator competencies be developed? by Lau, R

“…This inquiry aimed to evaluate the implementation of an international Continuing Professional Development (CPD) pilot programme to train and equip swimming teachers in obtaining higher qualifications. …”

Preferences for general practice jobs: a survey of principals and sessional GPs. by Wordsworth, S, Skåtun, D, Scott, A, French, F

“…Sessional GPs placed a lower value on consultation length, were less worried about hours of work, and a job offering sufficient continuing professional development was less important. CONCLUSION: The differences in preferences between principals and sessional GPs, and also between different personal characteristics, suggests that a general contract could fail to cater for all GPs. …”

Determining the effectiveness of a Massive Open Online Course in Data Science for Health by Alturkistani, A, Car, J, Majeed, A, Brindley, D, Wells, G, Meinert, E

“…Developers of MOOCs for continuing professional development should take into consideration work-related barriers when designing their MOOCs.…”

Changing the Antibiotic Prescribing of general practice registrars: the ChAP study protocol for a prospective controlled study of a multimodal educational intervention by van Driel, M, Morgan, S, Tapley, A, McArthur, L, McElduff, P, Yardley, L, Dallas, A, Deckx, L, Mulquiney, K, Davis, J, Davey, A, Henderson, K, Little, P, Magin, P

“…Interventions that are embedded into existing training programs or are linked to continuing professional development have potential to increase the impact of existing interventions at limited additional cost.Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ACTRN12614001209684 (registered 17/11/2014).…”