Beschreibung:
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the means by which the professions across the world ensure that their knowledge and skills remain up to date and relevant to changing needs and environments. Starting with a discussion on what CPD encompasses, the author analyzes how professional bodies govern CPD, what support they provide to individual professionals and how they measure or evaluate what individuals do under the provenance of CPD.
Part I 1. What is CPD? Complex and Varied! 2. CPD: Who? Who From? For Whom? 3. Visions of CPD Part II 4. CPD Governance: Compliance Policies 5. CPD Governance: Programme Support 6. CPD Governance: Regulatory Procedures 7. CPD Measurement and the Paradox of CPD: Effective Achievement of Professional Development Value? Part III 8. Complexity, Paradox and Mystery: Potential of CPD yet to be Realised 9. Dynamics: CPD Today and Tomorrow 10. CPD Field Beyond Tomorrow: Affecting Players and Passive Stakeholders 11. Visions and Fulfilment: Will the 'Real' CPD Please Stand?