title: Transforming continuing education across the health professions.
abstract: Transforming continuing education (CE) in the health professions requires a focus on competence and performance improvement by all health care professionals to ensure the public's trust. Measures of competence include individual, team, and systems-based performance meeting the growing expectations for quality care by consumers and the government. CE professionals have a critical role in meeting these new expectations for health care professionals as they pursue their continued professional development. This competence-based framework demands new knowledge, skills, and abilities for the CE health professional, including standardization and formalization of this field as an emerging profession.
authors: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA. jbalmer@virginia.edu
authors: Jann T
authors: JT
authors: Balmer
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D002568:Certification / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards