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Abstract Major depressive disorder (MDD), also known as clinical depression is a medical condition that affects many areas of a person’s life. MDD can affect mood, behavior, and physical functions like appetite and sleep. Individuals with major depressive disorder often lose interest in activities that they once enjoyed. They also have trouble performing activities of…

Private Hospitals for undergraduate medical training – an untapped resource in Ireland. Introduction Undergraduate medical education and training is a subject of considerable importance in relation to the quality of learning and teaching opportunities for students, and the ability of the learning environments to support the development of clinical skills and knowledge, professional practice and…

In reflecting on my professional development, I consider that my skills and competencies have developed significantly and that my level of responsibility has developed to reflect this. Leading the production of the Neighbourhood Plan is a challenging task that has drawn on my skills across a very broad range of areas. It has also however…

The world today is changing and being affected by advances in technology, and communication, as well as changes in the political, economic, demographic, and social environment. These changes also affect the delivery of health care services as well as changing of patient’s expectation toward health care system. Traditional task- orientated, routine and habitual nursing management…

Healthcare professionals use of the term continuing professional development has evolved over the past decades from the narrower terms of continuing dental education (CDE); continuing medical education (CME), and continuing education (CE). Although these terms are still used interchangeably, the broader CPD, acknowledges the inclusion of topics that extend beyond the traditional scope of health…

Introduction Nursing is a profession of caring. As a nurse respect for human dignity is one of the core values I strive to maintain throughout my career. Advocacy is the consequence of that respect and requires that as a nurse, I am accorded the ability to understand healthcare from the patient’s perspective and range of…

My previous undergraduate experience includes 13 credits in business at Penn State University, an Associate Degree in Science from Mount Aloysius College. I then attended The Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center in Altoona, Pennsylvania, to earn my License in Practical Nursing. I then worked as a License Practical Nurse, while earning a Registered Nursing…

Professional development Planning (PDP) is a structured and supported process undertaken by an individual to reflect upon their own learning, performance and / or achievement and to plan for their personal, educational and career development. The primary objective for PDP is to improve the capacity of individuals to understand what and how they are learning,…

In a changing world, competence becomes more than just a level of knowledge, skills and behaviours used to improve performance. In order to achieve continuous competence, learning and development must be continued. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is incredibly important in the health care system as rules, ideas and values are being assessed and broadened, therefore…

Objectives: To assess the appreciation of self assessment (SA) by multiple choice questions (MCQ) tests during continuous professional development (CPD) meetings and to evaluate the attitude towards the option of recertification. Methods: A questionnaire was completed at a meeting of the Pakistan Society of Surgeons, Mirpurkhas Chapter (response rate 94.9% (223/235)). Results: 60.9% of members…