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We were truly honored to host Prof. Lawrence Sherman, a global leader and visionary in medical education and lifelong learning coach, during a compelling, powerful live webinar titled:

“Global Perspectives in Continuing Professional Development (CPD): Sustaining Competency and Impact in Health Professions Education.”

Prof. Sherman delivered a masterclass – not just in content, but in connection.
He illuminated core themes and explored transformative ideas such as:

🔹 CPD literacy – the foundation for informed, adaptive practice for modern health professionals
🔹 Professional authenticity – beyond checklist, toward learning that aligns with purpose, not just policy
🔹 Navigating the real-world nuances of multidisciplinary vs. interprofessional education (IPE) – and why the distinction matters

His reflections were a timely reminder that CPD isn’t an obligation, it’s a strategic pathway and commitment to excellence, relevance, adaptability and patient-centered care in a rapidly evolving world.

💡 “Sustained impact begins with intentional learning – and CPD is the compass.”

🌱 Grateful for this enriching dialogue, for the inspiration Lawrence Sherman FACEHP, FRSM, CHCP, and eager to translate vision into action.

✨ So excited for what lies ahead in our collective journey of growth.

Attached figure from {ICO Guide to Effective CPD/CME}: Continuing professional development (CPD) incorporates and goes beyond the classical concept of continuing medical education (CME), as defined by the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS).

European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)

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Here’s something I’ve been saying in meetings around the world (sometimes out loud, sometimes just in my Brooklyn head):

“We’ve built entire CPD systems to educate clinicians, but who’s educating the educators?” And I am being specific to faculty in CPD activities as opposed to those in undergraduate and postgraduate who often have advanced training.

Globally, from Europe to East Africa to Asia, I’ve seen this pattern so many times that I’ve stopped being surprised and started being concerned. Our global research on CPD systems, published in journals like Medical Teacher and The Asia Pacific Scholar, made it painfully clear: most CPD faculty are clinicians first, educators second, and in many systems, not trained as educators at all.

They’re asked to “teach,” “facilitate,” and “evaluate,” yet rarely given the tools to design learning that changes performance or behavior. And yet they remain connected and passionate. They want to do better. They just haven’t been taught how to teach. That’s the gap we don’t talk about enough. We focus on accreditation, content, credit hours, and attendance, and forget the human engine that makes CPD run.

What happens when we invest in educator capability and building capacity? Outcomes can improve. Learners stay engaged. Systems evolve from compliance-driven to performance-driven. In other words: when educators get better at teaching, clinicians are better and more appropriately prepared.

Maybe it’s time to stop seeing “faculty development” as optional and start seeing it as foundational CPD infrastructure.

What’s one skill or quality you think every CPD educator should have, but most don’t?

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Even CPD needs a home!

I’ve been thinking about this for a while now, usually somewhere between time zones, wondering why there isn't a global home for "CPD for CPD."

Plenty of us work in health professions education. But a much smaller group specializes in Continuing Professional Development, and we don’t always have a clear place to gather, grow, or even get recognized.

Most of the CPD-focused conferences tend to
☑️ Lean heavily on industry-supported education
☑️ Be centered in the US and Europe.
These conferences are absolutely meetings some of the needs of the CPD community in some regions, but we need to think broader and globally!

That means large parts of the world miss out on CPD for CPD educators—especially those building systems, training faculty, and trying to raise the bar where CPD infrastructure is still maturing. That lack of access contributes to the global gap in CPD literacy that I have discussed in previous posts.

But we’re making progress!

✅ In December 2024, WFME released updated global standards for CPD, which I was honored to contribute to.

✅ AMEE - The International Association for Health Professions Education has had a CPD Committee for 8 years, and over the lasst two years has it introduced a dedicated CPD track at its conference and launched a CPD Educator Training Course as part of the Essential Skills in Medical Education (ESME) series.

✅ We have the LinkedIn CME Group https://lnkd.in/esihmTcb, where it’s clear from the global conversations that there’s no shortage of passion, just a shortage of structure. Feel free to join this group! I know that Brian S. McGowan, PhD, FACEHP and I would love to see this group continue to grow beyond the current 13,414 members!

✅ Assessments of CPD systems in Japan, East and Southeast Asia, China, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and Latin America have been published recently. There is certainly data about not only the system structures, but the needs and gaps amongst clinicians in these papers.

So what now?
Maybe it is time to establish a global home for CPD educators. Or maybe it’s time for collaboration across organizations and regional and national networks to finally build a shared foundation.

A space where those of us who build CPD systems can also build skills, share strategies, and find community because CPD professionals globally need continuing development too.

If you’re working in CPD, especially in capacity-building, where do you go for your own growth? What would a real global home for CPD look like to you?
Let’s not just discuss. Let’s start designing it!

#CPD #HealthProfessionsEducation #FacultyDevelopment #CPDLiteracy #GlobalHealth #WFME #AMEE2025 #MedEd #LifelongLearning

cc: Anne Lloyd Claire MacRae Eugene Pozniak Ricardo Leon Audrie Tornow, CHCP, FACEhp Maureen Doyle-Scharff, PhD, FACEhp Shelly Rodrigues, CAE (Ret), MS, FACEHP, FAAMSE Mary Ales, MBA, FACEHP Angelo Carter

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This timely session explores how AI is already transforming day-to-day medical education workflows—from content creation and digital production to project management and outcomes analysis.

Celeste Kolanko, Mia Hill, Stuart Crayford and Trevor Aukim will share real-world examples, practical tools, and lessons learned to help you use AI with purpose and precision.

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✈️ Just returned from the 7th Sun Yat-Sen Medical Education Conference in Guangzhou, China—an inspiring gathering of health professions educators featuring faculty from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau.

I was deeply honored and humbled to be invited as a keynote speaker, where I shared insights on Best Practices in Global Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE). My sincere thanks to the organizers for the opportunity to learn with and from so many passionate colleagues.

One takeaway I emphasized: CPD deserves a larger and more explicit role in medical education conferences around the world. While undergraduate and postgraduate education often take center stage, it's vital to recognize that clinicians in practice require different kinds of learning—and that means CPD educators must develop a distinct set of competencies to meet the needs of busy professionals in real-world settings.

What struck me most was the shared curiosity and commitment to improvement that unites health professions educators globally. Despite different systems and cultural contexts, we are all working toward the same goals: better education, better care, and better outcomes.

And the food? Let’s just say I now have strong opinions about my love for the local Guangzhou food that emphasizes fresh and natural ingredients. If you know me, you know how adventurous I can be in the things that I eat! 🥢🔥

Looking ahead, I’m excited to share that the next big opportunity to connect in the region will be at the Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC) in Yiwu, China, January 21–25, 2026. Mark your calendars and learn more here:

https://lnkd.in/eFzBAc6y

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Are we measuring all that matters in our healthcare education programs?

I have been immersed in the CME world for a substantial time, and I so appreciate that the measurement models for assessing the effectiveness of education are valid and strong: as a community, CME/CE providers measure knowledge and competency impact from education well. We have years of data examining different factors that impact effectiveness of education, too.

But, lately, particularly as I've been thinking more broadly about impact through my involvement in the Applied Learning & Evidence Translation Collaboratory (ALET Collaboratory), I am thinking about what matters. Our recent webinar (see the link in the ALET Collab site: https://lnkd.in/gjDgKi47) focused on measuring the impact of education as a function of whether clinicians are equipped to move further toward application of what they learn in practice, which includes frameworks for thinking about real-world cases differently. This is critical: we cannot stop at understanding and skills development if we expect to see a change in practice--particularly in the messy space of real-world patient care.

This morning, I am thinking about this from even a few steps more broadly: How can we integrate concepts of "value" (image below, from ISPOR of the "value flower" of variables to consider) in our educational planning and measurement?

When we think about what we measure, we ideally aim to measure what matters. That means we, in turn, must design for what we aim to impact. It is a cycle that begs important questions of those in the continuing education and healthcare education space: Do we design for the impact we seek to see?

I look forward to hearing this discussion go further, through the ALET Collaboratory and in Alliance For Continuing Education in the Health Professions venues and meetings.

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📚 Nearly 60% of nurses say they want access to continuing education to support their career development, according to new LinkedIn research.

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For those interested in European CME (and beyond), there is a report from the 17th European CME Forum (ECF) that convened in Madrid, Spain in November 2024, in the Journal of CME https://lnkd.in/emhBj28P. It is a great review of the conference prepared by two of the organizers, Cara Macfarlane and Eugene Pozniak.

I was pleased to have led the Lunch with the Learners session, where we had a great conversation with Dr Ranj Bhakar, a surgical trainee from Devon, UK. During these sessions, held at every ECF, we provide opportunities for providers and learners to talk about the current environment of CME, and to identify opportunities for improvement through dialogue.

It was also a great pleasure to facilitate, together with Katie S L., a breakout session about the Transtheoretical Model of Readiness to Change, first described by Prochaska and DiClemente https://lnkd.in/ef_ggBxy, and its applications in CME and CPD.

If you are interested in learning more about ECF, and the upcoming meeting in Manchester, UK in November, follow this link https://lnkd.in/eSze_PUp.

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