title: If improvement of the quality and value of health and health care is the goal, why focus on health professional development?
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Batalden
mesh_terms: D003162:Competency-Based Education; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D017145:Models, Educational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011361:Professional Competence; D013192:Staff Development; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States