Evaluation of Continuing Professional Development for Physicians - Time for Change: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Evaluation of education interventions is essential for continuous improvement as it provides insights into how and why outcomes occur. Specifically, for physicians' continuing professional development (CPD) programs, which aim to upskill physicians in a range of practice-essential domains, evaluations are crucial to assure physicians' continuous development, enhanced patient care and safety. However, evaluations of health professions education (HPE) interventions tend to be outcomes focused, failing to capture how and why outcomes occur. This scoping review aimed to identify evaluation techniques used to evaluate CPD programs for physicians, and to determine how these techniques are being implemented as well as the their quality.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Emba

SUBMITTER: Hosseini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10237247 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature