TOIMINTA / GUIDELINES RELATING TO CPD

(Fysiatrien jatkokoulutuksen suuntaviivat)

Continuing professional development (CPD) designates the continuing professional development that follows after formal qualifications have been obtained. The methodology for acquiring knowledge is based on the educational principles characteristic of adult learning, including self-controlled learning, problem-oriented learning, teamwork and on-the-job learning.

The guidelines of CPD are aimed in particular at the professional, local and specialist associations but also at clinical medical directors and other representatives of employers, authorities and providers of education.

Premise

1. By virtue of their professional activities specialists have both a right to continuing professional development and an ethical obligation to participate in it.
2. The employer has fundamental responsibility, but the most important impetus is the specialist's own motivation to develop his or her competence for the benefit of the patient, for the needs of the health care organization and for balancing the requirements of society, patients, employers and authorities.
3. The employer has responsibility for creating a supportive learning environment and for efforts being made that lead to the development of competence in accordance with the needs of the organization.
4. The clinical director has great responsibility and must be given the necessary powers and resources for the continuing professional development.

Underlying principles

1. CPD is important because of continual and rapid increases in quantity of medical information.
2. CPD can increase the productivity and efficacy of the health-care system
3. In defining CPD content, needs of the health-care system, patients and employers should be taken into account.
4. Participation in CPD must be voluntary.
5. Specialists in PRM who seek to improve their professional expertise though participation in CPD of specified quality must be rewarded for doing so.
6. In quality assessments of places of employment, organization of CPD for specialists in PRM must be taken into account.

Objectives and organization

1. The main organizers of CPD such as medical professional bodies, specialist associations and universities must interact in the way that CPD is well co-ordinated and wide-ranging both nationally and internationally.
2. CPD should improve abilities of specialists to assess their work and extend their capabilities.
3. CPD in hospital districts must ensure functioning of evidence-based regional treatment programmes.
4. At local level, financing of the CPD of each specialist should be linked to an annual personal CPD plan.

Requirements and responsibilities

1. Each specialist must have a right to external professional education for at least 10 working days per year, at the expense of his or her employer. The education must meet agreed quality criteria. In establishing quantitative minima for education, individual practice requirements must be taken into account.
2. Specialists should have the possibility of keeping up with developments in their everyday fields of practise.
3. The weekly working hours of a specialist must allow at least five hours for on-the-job-training and personal education.
4. Specialists must document or keep a logbook and assess their CPD and learning activities. A similar record should also be kept at clinic level.
5. Feedback to the clinic is an important part of continuing professional development in the organization.
   

This page has been updated / Tätä sivua on muutettu viimeksi: 14.3.2003, Paavo Zitting