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Continuing Professional Development: A Guide for Therapists

ISBN: 978-0-470-68005-6

May 2008

Wiley-Blackwell

192 pages

Description
Therapists must increase their understanding of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to maintain and improve competence. Every practitioner will need to take steps to maintain and demonstrate continued competence under the provisions of the new Health Act 1999.

This book considers current policy on CPD and discusses the theoretical basis for maintaining competence and for adult learning. Primarily, however, it provides practical guidance on how to develop a strategy for professional and career development, and on portfolio preparation that shows evidence of professional updating and CPD. Many examples are given of activities in the areas of clinical work, management, education and research that can be used for CPD. The development and use of learning skills such as reflection and critical evaluation is considered central to the process.

Written specifically with the therapist in mind, this book will provide invaluable practical advice to occupational therapists, physiotherapists, radiographers, speech and language therapists, and podiatrists.

About the Author
Auldeen Alsop Mphil, BA, DipCOT is Continuing Professional Development project Manager for the South Yorkshire Education and Training Consortium.
Features
* fulfils an urgent need for information about CPD
* is specifically targeted at the Professions Allied to Medicine
* provides practical examples of activities that can serve as learning opportunities for CPD
* offers practical guidance on portfolio development
* Foreword by Dawn Foreman, Dean of the School of Health & Community Studies, University of Derby