All allied health and social care professionals are required to
engage in Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) in order to systematically maintain, improve and
broaden their knowledge and skills
and so develop the personal qualities and attributes required in
their working lives.
Extensively updated and revised, this second edition now
reflects the latest regulatory requirements of
health and social care professionals in the UK, and addresses the
needs of health professionals working
worldwide, including social workers who are now regulated in the UK
by the Health and Care Professions
Council (HCPC). In addition, new chapters address the specific
needs of support workers and students of the relevant
professions.
The book discusses the theoretical basis for maintaining
competence and offers practical guidance on
how to develop a strategy for professional and career development.
Ways of developing and maintaining
a portfolio and of creating a profile to meet regulatory body
requirements are addressed, and there is an
emphasis on the development of learning skills, skills of
reflection and critical evaluation as central to the
CPD process. Attention is given to the specific needs of those
professionals working directly with service
users in practice, those holding managerial positions, employed in
education and undertaking research.
The second edition of this practical guide provides invaluable
advice for successful continuing
professional development for health and social care professionals
at all stages of their career.
* Provides practical guidance on strategies for lifelong
learning and continuing professional
development
* Addresses the very latest CPD and regulatory
requirements for health and social care professionals
* Includes specific CPD strategies for students and
support workers as well as professionals
employed in practice, management, education and research
Tabella dei contenuti
Preface vi
Acknowledgements ix
1 Lifelong learning and continuing professional development 1
2 Regulation of allied health and social care professionals 12
3 The professional portfolio 22
4 The process of continuing professional development 34
5 Learning to learn 47
6 Learning with others 58
7 Learning in the workplace 68
8 Scholarly activity and research for the practitioner 84
9 Learning to write and writing to learn 101
10 Career development 114
11 CPD and career development for academics 125
12 Leadership and professional development 136
13 Learning strategies and CPD for support workers 146
14 Learning for leisure and pleasure 153
Index 159
Circa l’autore
About the author
Auldeen Alsop is Emeritus Professor and former Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy at Sheffield Hallam University. Throughout her career she has held a number of positions in practice, education
and research in the UK and also as a commissioner of CPD education for health professionals in South
Yorkshire. She holds a Fellowship of the College of Occupational Therapists for her work in developing
the profession. Auldeen has published widely on practice learning and CPD and has presented and
developed her work internationally, notably in Australia, Canada and South Africa.
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