Continual Professional Development
Lifelong learning and up to date knowledge and skills are imperative to ensure effective practice. This page will link you into networks and options for CPD
Continual Professional Development
As someone involved in health improvement you will find there are many opportunities to continue your development. These can range from formal education to informal learning but the key to using them to develop is to reflect on your learning and apply it in practice to your health improvement role.
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NHS Education for Scotland
Helps provide better patient care by designing, commissioning, quality assuring and, where appropriate, providing education, training and lifelong learning for the NHS workforce in Scotland
The Faculty of Public Health:
FPH is the standard setting body for specialists in public health.
UK Voluntary Register for Public Health Specialists
The UK Voluntary Register for Public Health Specialists has been established to promote public confidence in specialist public health practice in the UK through independent regulation.
UK Public Health Association
As a multidisciplinary membership organisation, the UKPHA brings together individuals and organisations from all sectors who share a common commitment to promoting the public’s health. They act as an information platform and aim to support those working in public health both professionally or in a voluntary capacity.
Royal Society for the Promotion of Health
Aims to promote continuous improvement in human health world-wide through education, communication and the encouragement of scientific research.
Skills for Health
Skills for Health works with employers and other stakeholders to ensure that those working in the sector are equipped with the right skills to support the development and delivery of healthcare services
Knowledge & Skills Framework
KSF provides a single, consistent, comprehensive and explicit framework on which to base review and development for all staff and design new roles to respond to changes in service delivery.
Recent Thinking in Lifelong Learning – A Review of the Literature
The main aim of this literature review is to identify and concisely draw out the key points in current and recent literature on a range of issues relating to lifelong learning and in particular on recent thinking on topics related to potential new policy areas.
The Scottish Qualifications Authority
SQA is an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) sponsored by the Scottish Executive Education Department. It is the national body in Scotland responsible for the development, accreditation, assessment and certification of qualifications other than degrees.
Towards a New Way of Working - the Plan for Managing People in the NHS in Scotland
The White Paper creates many challenges for us. It sets an Agenda requiring continuous and effective improvement underpinned by new ways of working, with an emphasis on performance and effectiveness.
Investors in People
The Investors in People Standard is a straightforward, proven framework for delivering business improvement through people and our website can provide you with all the information you need to get involved, keep up to date and put the Standard into practice
Institute of Personnel and Development
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is the professional body for those involved in the management and development of people.
NES e-Library [external link]
An online library with access to journals, databases and learning resources as well as shared spaces and managed knowledge networks. Requires and Athens password to log in.