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              EDUCATION: Life-Long Learning for the Healthcare Professional
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Subject: [NetGold] MEDICAL: RESOURCES : HEALTH: RESOURCES : MEDICAL:
    EDUCATION: Life-Long Learning for the Healthcare Professional


Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 01:58:13 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: [NetGold] MEDICAL: RESOURCES : HEALTH: RESOURCES : MEDICAL:
    EDUCATION: Life-Long Learning for the Healthcare Professional

MEDICAL: RESOURCES : HEALTH: RESOURCES : MEDICAL: EDUCATION: Life-Long
Learning for the Healthcare Professional

Life-Long Learning for the Healthcare Professional
<http://www.geocities.com/nqiya/EBMandCE.html>

Website Contents

Points to Ponder: Background
    Why do we need to keep current, to be life-long learners?
    1. Knowledge is growing at an exponential rate.
    2. The quality of healthcare in the US is not as good as you might
        think.
    3. Trends in the profession, such as Evidence-Based Practice
        (Evidence-Based Medicine) demands it.
    4. It's ethical and expected, not only of our profession but by the
        patients entrusting themselves to our care.

    Our profession expects it.
Research Competencies for Occupational Therapy
NBCOTs Certification Renewal Program
Comparison of NBCOT Program Characteristics to Comparable National
        Credentialing Programs

Points to Ponder: What methods do you use?
Resources for Life-Long Learning
        Books, alerting services, and book reviews
        Grey Literature
        Journals, alerting services, and journal lists
        Databases
        News of issues impacting the profession
        News on disability and medical issues
        Mentoring or being mentored
        Grand Rounds
        Continuing Education
        Formal Schooling
        Expand your horizon
Formulate your Learning Action Plan

"Conclusion
There never seems to be enough hours in the day, especially since there
are so many wonderful activities to fill them up. I have difficulty
sometimes deciding what to focus my time on. Everyone has their own way of
making time. I hope that my "points to ponder" help to inspire some of us
(including me!) to invest more time in evidence-based practice or at least
keep current in our profession. Not only are we ethically and thus
professionally bound to increase the need for life-long learning to
augment knowledge, professional identity and competence, but also to
effectively carry over that knowledge and extrapolate meaningful and
functional aspects from it and to be able to adapt them to the
individual's occupational world."

Links of Additional Resources
        Evidence-Based Practice Links
        Searching MEDLINE and EBM Filters Links
        Databases (other than MEDLINE): Rehab, Allied Health, Medicine,
                Education, & Clinical Trials Links (a partial list)
        Continuing Education Links
        Formal Schooling Links
        EBM Humor Links
        References

These Links to topics in medicine are found at the bottom section of this
web page.

[The 4 Most Common Questions Asked About OT] [Anatomy & Neuroanatomy]
[Assessments, Mental & Physical ] [Big Tips for NSU OT Students] [Citing]
[Cultural Medicine] [Cultural Mental Health] [Diagnosis & Treatment]
[Dictionaries/Medical Terminology/Abbreviations/SOAP Notes] [Equipment &
Services Catalogs] [Ethics & Occupational Therapy] [Evidence-Based
Practice, Life-Long Learning, Continuing Ed...] [Finances & Job Issues]
[Frames of Reference/Critical Reasoning] [Grants] [Legal Forms]
[Listservs] [Medical Websites] [Miscellaneous] [OT Board Exam Preparation]
[OT Greeting Cards] [OT in Spanish] [OT Links] [Resumes] [Search Engines &
Webrings] [SPSS Computer Prgm. & I.R.B. (Research)] [Tanya & Friends-- OT
in: [many languages]] [Viruses, Scams, & Hoaxes]


Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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