Continuing Professional Development - DENOSA

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Continuing Professional DevelopmentJill ILIFFEExecutive SecretaryCommonwealth Nurses Federation______________________________ _________What is CPD?There are MANY different names for thesame thingCPD: Continuing Professional developmentCNE: Continuing nursing educationCPE: Continuing Professional educationCME: Continuing medical educationCE: Continuing educationLLL: Life long learningISE: In-service educationSD: Staff development_____________________________ __________Why have a CPD requirement?One of the shared ethical mandates for health professionalsis a commitment to competence. Becoming competent andmaintaining competence requires ongoing, lifelong learningas new knowledge, understanding and experience requirenew ways of doing credibility of a profession is based on the willingnessof each Professional to embrace new skills, knowledgeand experience. Life long learning is a hallmark of committedand competent health professionals. Ongoing learning, bothformal and informal, is required to maintain clinicalcompetence and acquire new knowledge and is responsible?

What is CPD? There are MANY different names for the same thing CPD: Continuing professional development CNE: Continuing nursing education CPE: Continuing professional education

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