Five Domains of a Conceptual Framework of Continuing Professional Development

About this episode

This episode discusses a conceptual framework for Continuing Professional Development that incorporates five distinct domains to enhance health care value for patients.

We suggest a conceptual change of emphasis in designing CPD to better align it with the goals of improving health care value for patients through the dynamic incorporation of five distinct domains to be included in learning activities. We identify these domains as: (1) identifying, appraising, and learning new information [New Knowledge]; (2) ongoing practicing of newly or previously acquired skills to maintain expertise [New Skills and Maintenance]; (3) sharing and transfer of new learning for the health care team which changes their practice [Teams]; (4) analyzing data to identify problems and drive change resulting in improvements in the health care system and patient outcomes [Quality Improvement]; and (5) promoting population health and prevention of disease [Prevention]. We describe how these five domains can be integrated into a comprehensive conceptual framework of CPD, supported by appropriate learning theories that align with the goals of the health care delivery system. Drawing on these distinct but interrelated areas of CPD will help organizers and directors of learning events to develop their activities to meet the goals of learners and the health care system. Click…

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Host: Brian McGowan

Topics covered

• Continuing Professional Development
• Health Care Value
• Learning Activities
• Quality Improvement
• Population Health
• Prevention

Keywords

• Continuing Professional Development
• health care
• learning activities
• quality improvement
• population health
• prevention
• new knowledge
• new skills

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