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Summary

Workshops for health visitors enhanced professional practice and knowledge. This continuing professional education initiative demonstrated sustained value and led to the development of support networks.

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Area of Science:

Health Visitor Education
Continuing Professional Development

Background:

Practicing health visitors require ongoing professional education.
Previous educational approaches may not have fully met evolving needs.

Purpose of the Study:

To plan, implement, and evaluate a series of workshops for health visitors.
To assess the impact of continuing professional education on practice and knowledge.
To explore the development of professional support networks.

Main Methods:

Intensive planning with a broad educational objective and flexible teaching approach.
Interdisciplinary expertise integration.
Experimental workshops with objective and subjective evaluations prior to full implementation.
Evaluation of 17 workshops using multiple criteria.

Main Results:

Objective evaluations indicated positive outcomes.
Sustained value of the educational workshops over time.
Demonstrated improvements in professional practice and increased depth/breadth of knowledge.
Facilitated development of self-help and professional interest groups.

Conclusions:

The workshop series proved valuable for continuing professional education for health visitors.
The initiative led to tangible improvements in professional practice and knowledge.
The program has potential to inform a model for training resource personnel within the National Health Service (NHS).

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