Transforming Continuing Education Across the Health Professions

Transforming continuing education (CE) in the health professions requires a focus on competence and performance improvement by all health care professionals to ensure the public's trust. Measures of competence include individual, team, and systems-based performance meeting the growing expectations for quality care by consumers and the government. CE professionals have a critical role in meeting these new expectations for health care professionals as they pursue their continued professional development. This competence based framework demands new knowledge, skills, and abilities for the CE health professional, including standardization and formalization of this field as an emerging profession. J Contin Educ Nurs 2012;43(8):340-341.