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Continuing competency for health professionals: caveat emptor.

L A Quatrano, R M Conant

    Journal of Environmental Health
    |October 8, 1981
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    Continuing professional education alone is insufficient for environmental health professionals. A new model integrating practitioners, employers, faculty, and consumers is proposed to ensure ongoing competency. This dynamic process is crucial for public health.

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    A credentialing concept.

    Journal of environmental health·1978

    Area of Science:

    • Public Health
    • Environmental Health Science

    Background:

    • Continuing professional education (CPE) is vital for maintaining competence in public health and environmental health.
    • Traditional CPE methods alone are often inadequate for ensuring sustained professional competence.
    • The dynamic nature of professional practice necessitates ongoing development and assessment of skills.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To address the challenge of continuing competency for environmental health and public health professionals.
    • To explore the limitations of traditional continuing professional education.
    • To propose a new model for credentialing and maintaining professional competence.

    Main Methods:

    • Discussion of issues surrounding mandatory versus voluntary continuing professional education.

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  • Identification and description of key stakeholder communities (practitioners, employers, faculty, consumers).
  • Presentation of a credentialing-continuing competency model designed to foster interaction among stakeholders.

    • Main Results:

    • Traditional continuing professional education is insufficient for maintaining environmental health competency.
    • A multi-stakeholder model is proposed to define and maintain competence.
    • The proposed model emphasizes the ongoing, dynamic nature of professional competency.

    Conclusions:

    • A comprehensive approach integrating diverse stakeholder perspectives is necessary for effective continuing competency.
    • The proposed model facilitates interaction and collaboration among practitioners, employers, faculty, and consumers.
    • Maintaining professional competence is an ongoing, dynamic process requiring continuous engagement and adaptation.