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Continuing Professional Development in Health and Social Care : Strategies for Lifelong Learning / Auldeen Alsop.

By: Alsop, AuldeenMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource ([ix], 165 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781118782859; 1118782852; 9781118539569; 1118539567; 9781118539552; 1118539559Subject(s): Allied health personnel -- Training of | Social workers -- Training of | Social service -- Study and teaching (Continuing education) | Allied Health Personnel -- education | Education, Continuing | Professional Competence | MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Occupational Therapy | Continuing education | Paramedical educationGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books. | Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Continuing professional development in health and social care.DDC classification: 610.737069 LOC classification: R697.A4NLM classification: W 18Online resources: Wiley Online Library
Contents:
Lifelong learning and continuing professional development -- Regulation of allied health and social care professionals -- The professional portfolio -- The process of continuing professional development -- Learning to learn -- Learning with others -- Learning in the workplace -- Scholarly activity and research for the practitioner -- Learning to write and writing to learn -- Career development -- CPD and career development for academics -- Leadership and professional development -- Learning strategies and CPD for support workers -- Learning for leisure and pleasure.
Summary: This new edition of the basic resource has been substantially restructured and updated to reflect the very latest CPD requirements and includes several new chapters. It reviews current policy on CPD and discusses the theoretical basis for maintaining competence and for adult learning, whilst providing 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Lifelong learning and continuing professional development -- Regulation of allied health and social care professionals -- The professional portfolio -- The process of continuing professional development -- Learning to learn -- Learning with others -- Learning in the workplace -- Scholarly activity and research for the practitioner -- Learning to write and writing to learn -- Career development -- CPD and career development for academics -- Leadership and professional development -- Learning strategies and CPD for support workers -- Learning for leisure and pleasure.

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This new edition of the basic resource has been substantially restructured and updated to reflect the very latest CPD requirements and includes several new chapters. It reviews current policy on CPD and discusses the theoretical basis for maintaining competence and for adult learning, whilst providing 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.

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