title: If improvement of the quality and value of health and health care is the goal, why focus on health professional development?
abstract: Connecting organization and issue-centered strategies for the improvement of health care with health professional development strategies offers an exciting opportunity for the next efforts to improve health care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Batalden
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006298:Health Services Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States