Continuing professional development in medicine : the inherent values of the system for quality assurance in health care

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dc.contributor.advisorVan Niekerk, Anton A.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMpuntsha, Loyiso F.en_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Information Science.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-27T11:34:53Z
dc.date.available2012-08-27T11:34:53Z
dc.date.issued2001-03
dc.descriptionThesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2001.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: The practice of medicine has always been a big area of interest as a profession. The focus ranges depending on issues at hand - it may be on the educational, training, humanistic, economic, professional ethics and legal aspects. One area of medicine that is under the spotlight around the world is that of the maintenance of clinical competency, followed very closely and almost linked to professional ethics. This study follows the introduction of a system of Continuing Professional Development (hereinafter also referred to as CPD), in South Africa and an overview of how it has been introduced in a few other countries. The main areas of focus being the extrication of inherent values of CPD, relating this aspect to quality improvement in medical health care. The medical profession as well as most of the interested parties, has different perspectives regarding the fact that the system is regulated through legislation. There is also the doubt whether the CPD system will be effective in achieving the goals that it has been set to achieve. Although a system of Continuing Medical Education has been a tradition in all countries, which implies that the CPD system is not totally new as far as the educational principles are concerned, the values accruable need to be exploited. It is the possible success of this kind of evaluations that may foster more understanding of the inherent values in this CPD system.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Beroepsgewys het die praktyk van geneeskunde nog altyd groot belangstelling gelok. Die fokus verskuif na gelang van die onderwerpe ter sprake. Dit wissel van opvoedkunde, opleiding, humanisme, ekonomie, en professionele etiek tot regsaspekte. Dwarsoor die wêreld word daar gefokus op die handhawing van kliniese vaardighede, gevolg deur professionele etiek wat ook daarin verweef is. Hierdie studie bespreek die instelling van 'n stelsel van Voortgesette Professionele Ontwikkeling (hierna verwys na as VPO) in Suid-Afrika asook oorsig oor die wyse waarop dit in 'n paar ander lande ingestel is. Die klem lê op die inherente waardes met betrekking tot die verbetering gehalte in mediese gesondheidsorg. Die mediese beroep, asook meeste van die belangegroepe het verskillende opvattings oor die feit dat die stelsel deur wetgewing gereguleer word. Daar is ook twyfel of die VPO-stelsel in sy vooropgestelde doelwitte sal slaag. Wat die opvoedkundige beginsels betref, is die VPO-stelsel nie totaal en al nuut nie. Alhoewel VPO in ander lande tradisie is, is dit nodig om die totstandkoming van waardes te ontgin. Die moontlike sukses van hierdie tipe van evaluasies mag dalk beter begrip ten opsigte van die inherente waardes in die VPO-stelsel bevorder.af_ZA
dc.format.extent91 pages : illustrationsen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52173
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.subjectHealth Professions Council of South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectMedical education -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectProfessional education -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectMedical education policy -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectMedical care -- South Africa -- Quality controlen_ZA
dc.subjectClinical competence -- Evaluationen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African Accreditation Council on CPD (NACPD)en_ZA
dc.subjectContinuing Medical Educationen_ZA
dc.subjectDissertations -- Information scienceen_ZA
dc.titleContinuing professional development in medicine : the inherent values of the system for quality assurance in health careen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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