Literature Review, Environmental Scan and Report on Continuing Education for Health Care Providers in Canada: Final Report

Abstract

A key principle of continuing education (CE) is that learning must be viewed as a lifelong endeavor, something which professionals aspire to in pursuit of knowledge and skills in order to maintain competency in their field of practice. Another important principle is that ultimate responsiblity for learning should rest with the individual practitioner. It is the ideal of every profession that each professional should maintain a continuing concern for his or her own education and that CE should be something which is carried out throughout a lifetime of practice. Obstacles to CE access and participation are of great concern for rural, remote and northern health care professionals who are expected to maintain their skills in an ever-changing and developing field of practice.