Few would deny that a new approach to Medical Education is urgently needed to meet ongoing challenges.
A recent article in MedEdPublish suggests that CPD has proven particularly vulnerable to disruption, risking a detrimental impact on performance and ultimately patient care.
Dr. Aboulsoud’s excellent article suggests a model for planning and delivering CPD during and beyond COVID – the 6 Rs Framework:
- Relevant
- Resource oriented
- Responsive to needs
- Regulated
- Redesigned educational modalities
- Revised evaluation tools and techniques
Dedici CPD Solutions work in harmony with this framework:
- Relevance
- Constantly updated workshop topics and content. Our latest catalogue has 15 new titles in areas such as Wellbeing, Technology and Supervision.
- Resource oriented
- Dedici facilitators are experts and educators mostly from non-medical backgrounds, allowing healthcare resources to be primarily directed to patient care.
- Responsive to needs
- Face to face and online options make CPD accessible and convenient for all.
- Regulated
- Dedici is proud to be Accredited by the CPD Standards Office as a Provider of Training Excellence.
- Redesigned educational modalities
- Dedici offers multiple learning modalities, all designed by Medical Education experts.
- Revised evaluation tools and techniques
- We use post-course polls, surveys and reports to evaluate short term consequences. Our innovative programmes with Action Learning sets, 1 to 1 coaching and post course sessions inform longer term assessments.
Source: Aboulsoud S, 2021, ‘We “R” capable of leading CPD in challenging times: A suggested framework for CPD management during COVID-19 and beyond’, MedEdPublish, 10, [1], 2, https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2021.000002.1
We hope the above article and information will be of use to you in managing CPD locally. Innovative methods are urgently needed to train, maintain, support and celebrate our Healthcare Professionals!