Workshop report - Optimising the Continuous Professional Development of Health Professionals (Brussels, 11 February 2016)

Workshop report - Optimising the Continuous Professional Development of Health Professionals (Brussels, 11 February 2016)

Workshop on “Ticking the Boxes or Improving Healthcare and Patient Safety? Optimising Continuous Professional Development of Health Professionals in the EU”

Brussels, 11 February 2016

Background and Workshop Aims

A number of EU initiatives and legislation underline the importance of regularly updating and improving the skills of health professionals through "Continuous Professional Development (CPD)" to improve quality of care and patient safety. Member States have however very diverse legislations and practices in the field. To help improve understanding of the diverse CPD approaches in Europe, a European Commission study, published in January 2015, provides a unique and comprehensive account of the CPD systems for doctors, nurses, dentists, midwives and pharmacists in 31 European countries. In response to the study recommendations, the expert group on European health workforce invited the European Commission to organise a workshop to share and discuss national experiences on CPD systems and approaches to improve quality of care and patient safety.

This workshop brought together 60 experts in the area of continuous professional development, including representatives of regulatory, professional and educational bodies and the European Commission. The experts discussed ways to optimise CPD of health professionals to improve quality of care and patient safety.

• Agenda
• Workshop report

Presentations

• CPD of Health Professionals: European Context
  Caroline Hager
  European Commission - DG Health and Food Safety

• Managing continuing professional development
  Janet Grant
  CenMEDIC (United Kingdom)

• Impact of continuing education in health professions
  Michel Wensing
  University Hospital Heidelberg (Germany)

• Interprofessional education to improve patient outcomes
  Andre Vyt
  University of Ghent (Belgium)

• Embedding patient safety and quality of care in the structure of CPD training
  Marjolene Schouten
  Jeroen Bosch Hospital Den Bosch (Netherlands)

• Case Study: Zero Projects to reduce hospitals infections
  J. Alvarez Rodriguez
  Hospital de Fuenlabrada, Madrid (Spain)

• Continuous professional development of nurses in the UK
  Katerina Kolyva
  Nursing and Midwifery Council (United Kingdom)

• Introducing a new CPD system for pharmacists in Ireland
  Lorraine Horgan
  Pharmaceutical Society (Ireland)

• Building a learning ebvironment: work in progress in Sweden
  Michael Bergstrom
  Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions

• Reforming the continuous professional development of health professionals in France
  Bruno Liffran
  Ministry fo Health (France)

• Summing up: what lessons can be learned?
  Eszter Kovacs
  Semmelweis university (Hungary)

Speakers

• Speakers biography