Improvement of Continuing Education

Question: There is too much emphasis on lectures and too little emphasis on helping health professionals enhance their competence and performance in their daily practice." Is this true? WHy or why not? What can we do to enhance competence and proformance through continuing education? Answer: In this study, the ways that can be incorporated to improve the process of Continuing Education (CE) is discussed so that it is possible to enhance the performance of the health workers. It is important for all the healthcare workers to get the latest information about the treatment process. This will help them to apply the advanced healthcare techniques in practice. Brown Fleisher, (2014) believe that the continuing education program is essential for health professionals, which assist them to acquire the skills needed to operate the advanced medical technology. Nevertheless, in past few decades, instead of providing practical skills, CE is only providing theoretical knowledge to the healthcare workers. Hence, the clinical staffs are not able to make full use of the latest medical technology. Moreover, the CE is also not focusing on helping the clinicians at the individual level and is also not promoting the inter-professional collaboration. The feedback from individual patients is also not collected properly. In order to improve the CE for the healthcare expert, it is important to focus on practical based education rather than on lecture-based training. The junior healthcare workers should interact with the experienced professionals so that they are able to gain vital knowledge about the clinical practice. It is also important for them to acquire the expertise necessary to use the latest medical equipment (Meuser, Campbell Lawrence, 2016). Hence, with the help of proper and interactive mode of training, it is possible for the healthcare professionals to make the best use of the Continuing Education program. Reference Brown, C. R., Fleisher, D. S. (2014). The Bià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ Cycle ConceptRelating Continuing Education Directly to Patient Care.Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions,34(2), 141-148. Meuser, J., Campbell, C., Lawrence, S. (2016). The Future of Medical Education in Canada Continuing Professional Development: Charting the Course for a Future of Collaboration.Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions,36, S60-S61.