scholarly journals Continuing professional development (CPD): a necessary component in the workplace or not?

2020 ◽  
pp. 41-45
Author(s):  
Z Suliman ◽  
W Kruger ◽  
JA Pienaar
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
Professional Work ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Online Library

Background: Continuing professional development (CPD) is important because it delivers benefits to the individual, their profession and the public. CPD increases credibility, maintains skills and knowledge to deliver a professional healthcare service. It also ensures that individuals are up to date with industry change by constantly updating their skill set, and filling in gaps in competencies and knowledge. Objective: The objective of this brief review is to investigate whether CPD should be a necessary component in the professional work field or not. Method: A literature review was conducted using electronic databases Science Direct, Wiley Online Library, Google Scholar, ERIC, Research Gate, African Journals Online and Emerald Insight. Results: The results have shown that a number of barriers played a role related to the participation of professionals in CPD programmes. The barriers most professionals face which prevent them from participating in CPD are either the attitudes of professionals towards CPD or time constraints due to workload. Conclusion: Although many barriers have been identified, the outcome was in favour of having the CPD system in the workplace.

Academic librarians’ perceptions of the benefits and challenges of adopting e-learning for continuing professional development in Lagos state, Nigeria

2014 ◽  
Vol 115 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 340-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella Ngozi Anasi ◽  
Hussaini Ali
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
E Learning

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine and discuss academic librarians’ perceptions of the benefits and challenges of adopting e-learning for continuing professional development. Design/methodology/approach – To elicit the necessary information, this study adopted a descriptive survey design, using questionnaire as instrument for data collection. The study population consists of five tertiary institutions – two universities, two polytechnics and one college of education, selected as sample using the purposive sampling technique. The study also conducted a literature review on studies done on benefits and challenges of e-learning for professional development. The literature review is built on resources from online and offline. Findings – Academic librarians in Lagos State were unanimous in their perception of benefits and challenges of adoption of e-learning for continuing professional development. The major benefits of e-learning were that e-learning opens up new frontiers for professional learning, supports knowledge generation and management and gives librarians an opportunity to broaden their knowledge. However, the major challenges to adopting e-learning for continuing professional development were inadequate power supply, inadequate knowledge of how to operate e-learning tools and limited bandwidth. Practical implications – This paper establishes that the role of academic librarians in the provision of information for learning and study in academic institutions places them in an advantageous position to engage in e-learning activities for professional development. It also extols the need for top library management to deploy all resources within their reach to develop technology-enhanced learning system. This should also be complemented with the development and implementation of e-learning curriculum in library schools in Nigeria to inculcate e-learning culture. Originality/value – The paper contributes to empirical research on e-learning for continuing professional development among librarians in Nigeria. Librarians who are interested in professional development will find this article useful.

scholarly journals Continuing Professional Development and Accounting Academics: A Literature Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umar Draz ◽  
Fayyaz Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Accounting Education ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Professional Competency

Continuing professional development (CPD) plays an important role in maintaining professional competency of the accounting academics. The main aim of undertaking CPD is to acquire new technical knowledge pertaining to a certain profession. This study intends to investigate the existing literature on CPD of accounting academics. In reviewing the relevant literature, we have particularly concentrated on these journals: 1) Accounting Education; 2) Journal of Accounting Education; 3) Teachers and Teaching; and 4) Teaching and Teacher Education. The available studies have been classified into three categories and recommendations for the future research work are provided.

scholarly journals Continuing professional development (CPD) in radiography: A collaborative European meta-ethnography literature review

Radiography ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. S58-S63 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Wareing ◽  
C. Buissink ◽  
D. Harper ◽  
M. Gellert Olesen ◽  
M. Soto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Continuing Professional Development
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