Editorial
A futuristic educational perspective for health practioners.
Continuing Medical Education (CME) is a concept developed and used since the 1970’s in. Its efficiency in ensuring medical practioners up-to-date is no more discussable nowadays. The terms Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Continuing Medical Education (CME) are usually used interchangeably. However, the CME should be considered as a component of CPD. The CPD system establishes a balance between group learning, self-directed learning, and assessment activities.
The educational goals of CPD includes expanding knowledge, acquiring skills, developing new competencies, improving performance and patient care outcomes, as well as supporting multiple transitions as a natural part of career development.
Adults learning is a more complex process. This may be due to many unpredited factors; such as the lack of information, reduced motivation, time unavailability, and the wrong perception of scientific education necessity. Different objective studies have proven that continuous learning process is multi-dimensional and could be held in different approaches for adults. Continuous education for health practioners is a more sophisticated process. The clinical practice requires a specific orientation for self- learning; system thinking management; and team working ability.
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