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: Yes its true, there is too much emphasis on the lectures and too much little emphasizes on helping the health professional enhance competence. The reason to this has been due to the technological advancement in the current time (Hager, Russell Fletcher, 2008). An example with the use of internet it has helped these professional find answers to clinical questions with ease rather relying on their own performance. Moreover, there are no accreditation in the organization to promote teamwork or the alignment of CE to improvement of quality of health systems (Leach Fletcher, 2008). To add this there is the problem of growth link between CE and the commercial interests. References Hager, M., Russell, S., Fletcher, S. W. (Eds.). (2008). Continuing education in the health professions: improving healthcare through lifelong learning. Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. Leach, D. C., Fletcher, S. W. (2008). Perspectives on continuing education in the health professions: improving health care through lifelong learning. CHEST Journal, 134(6), 1299-1303.