Principles for CPD - survey
Last year, a working group comprising organisations from across a range of health and social care sectors (including IBMS, Unite and RCN) launched a set of principles which called for employers to enable continuing professional development (CPD) and lifelong learning. The document hoped to help the health and social care workforce to develop and improve CPD and lifelong learning within the broader healthcare environment. The principles were created to help guide employees, employers and the wider system to encourage a culture of continuous improvement and workforce development for the benefit of those who use healthcare services.
We are now inviting you to take part in a survey to assess the value and impact of the Principles for Continuing Professional Development and Lifelong Learning. Please find the link to the Principles document here: https://www.collegeofparamedics.co.uk/publications/principles-for-cpd . The survey will help the Interprofessional CPD and Lifelong Learning UK Collaborative to gain insight into your experience of the Principles document and support further action regarding the importance of CPD and LLL for all health and social care professionals.
Please find the link to the survey here
It will take approximately five minutes to complete this survey.
CPD and Lifelong learning should:
- be each person’s responsibility and be made possible and supported by your employer
- benefit service users
- improve the quality of service delivery
- be balanced and relevant to each person’s area of practice or employment
- be recorded and show the effect on each person’s area of practice
Last year, Alan Wainwright, Head of Education for the IBMS, welcomed the principles and said:
This joint interprofessional statement on CPD demonstrates how incredibly important it is for all health professionals to have time allotted for training and development. At a time when pathology services are undergoing major structural changes, this renewed emphasis on the roles our members, their employers and the wider system have in committing to CPD and lifelong learning will ensure these services will have the ability to keep pace and deliver a safe, effective service.
The Interprofessional CPD and Lifelong Learning UK Working Group is made up of: Allied Health Professions Federation Scotland, Association of Clinical Scientists, British Association of Art Therapists, British Association of Music Therapy, British and Irish Orthoptic Society, British Dietetic Association, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, College of Operating Department Practitioners, College of Paramedics, Institute of Biomedical Science, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Occupational Therapists, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists, The British Psychological Society, The Royal College of Midwives, The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, The Society and College of Radiographers, UNISON and Unite the union.