Rapid review on the effectiveness of continuing professional development in the health sector

TY - BOOK

T1 - Rapid review on the effectiveness of continuing professional development in the health sector

AU - Moriarty, Jo

AU - Steils, Nicole

AU - Manthorpe, Jill

AU - Calder, Robert Ian

AU - Martineau, Stephen J

AU - Norrie, Caroline Margaret

AU - Samsi, Kritika

AU - Harris, Jessica

PY - 2019/11/11

Y1 - 2019/11/11

N2 - The evidence base about the effectiveness of continuing professional development (CPD) is mixed, particularly in terms of material on cost effectiveness and the impact of CPD in terms of long term changes in practice. Most research about CPD has been undertaken with doctors and nurses, with less material on allied health professionals’ experience of CPD. Overall, the findings suggest that:• A baseline study of CPD for nurses and allied health professionals would be timely• It is important to identify how NHS professionals spend their new CPD funding,particularly in terms of what sort of training they find most useful for their currentpractice• There is an opportunity to consult with arms length bodies, professionalorganisations, practitioners, patients and carers about the impact of specialist versusgeneralist CPD and interprofessional CPD on overall skill mix within the NHSworkforce• A whole systems approach to CPD would be valuable as this would help define theimpact of investment in CPD on productivity, workforce satisfaction and patientoutcomes.

AB - The evidence base about the effectiveness of continuing professional development (CPD) is mixed, particularly in terms of material on cost effectiveness and the impact of CPD in terms of long term changes in practice. Most research about CPD has been undertaken with doctors and nurses, with less material on allied health professionals’ experience of CPD. Overall, the findings suggest that:• A baseline study of CPD for nurses and allied health professionals would be timely• It is important to identify how NHS professionals spend their new CPD funding,particularly in terms of what sort of training they find most useful for their currentpractice• There is an opportunity to consult with arms length bodies, professionalorganisations, practitioners, patients and carers about the impact of specialist versusgeneralist CPD and interprofessional CPD on overall skill mix within the NHSworkforce• A whole systems approach to CPD would be valuable as this would help define theimpact of investment in CPD on productivity, workforce satisfaction and patientoutcomes.

M3 - Commissioned report

BT - Rapid review on the effectiveness of continuing professional development in the health sector

PB - NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce, The Policy Institute, King's College London

CY - London

ER -