Continuing Professional Development : Components of Effectiveness

ISBN-13: 9783639148701 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 240 str.

Suzanne Henwood

Opis

This book is based on an exploratory, interpretative grounded theory study looking at Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in diagnostic radiography. Using in-depth interviews and secondary analysis of published material, a CPD Process Model was generated, bringing together the components that affect CPD participation and effectiveness. Although much has been written previously about CPD, little has been said about the process that is, how and why CPD produces widely varied results in apparently similar circumstances. The CPD Process was shown to be complex and dynamic and centred on the Individual, with supporting components of Facilitation and External Influences, leading to (hopefully) participation and effectiveness. It is the holistic and dynamic nature of the Model, the inter-related nature of the categories outlined, and the centrality of the individual throughout the CPD Process, which offers a genuine contribution to the field of CPD. This book offers readers a deeper understanding of the concept of CPD which can be used by individuals, teams and departments to enhance the effectiveness of ongoing development.

O autorze

Dr Suzanne Henwood MSc HDCR PGCE mANLP: Qualified as a
diagnostic radiographer in the UK in 1987. She has held a
variety of posts in Higher Education since 1991. In 2008 she
took up position as Postgraduate Programme Director at Unitec
Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand for the Master of
Health Science Programme.