Continuing Professional Education

Question 1

Rothenberg (1975, p. 7) simply defines continuing professional education as the “participation of working professionals in some kind of formalized learning procedure” which “may be motivated by various considerations and may or may not lead to an ________ (p. 7)

Answer 1

advanced degree”

Question 2

Girdwood (2009, p. 4), on the other hand, describes CPE programs as “calculated and assembled in ways to__________ professional work and subjectivity with contemporary ethico-political ideals of competent, trustworthy professional conduct”

Answer 2

intervene, reform and align

Question 3

two important features of CPE

Answer 3

1. its various forms, and
2. the government’s role in seeing to it that CPE is implemented for the professions where it is required.

Question 4

“the inculcation, assimilation and acquisition of knowledge, skills, proficiency and ethical and moral values, after the initial registration of a professional that raise and enhance the professional’s technical skills and competence” (p. 3)

Answer 4

CPE

Question 5

6 specific objectives of CPE

Answer 5

1. Provide the continuous education with the latest trends in the profession
2. Raise and maintain the professional’s capability for delivering professional services;
3. Attain and maintain the highest standards and quality in the practice of his/her profession;
4. Comply with the professional’s continuing ethical requirements;
5. Make the professional globally competitive;
6. Promote the general welfare of the public.

Question 6

CPE is deemed to be an effective mechanism to ensure the ________of the professional.

Answer 6

competence

Question 7

9 forms of CPE Activities

Answer 7

○ Seminars or conventions attended as a participant, resource speaker, panelist/reactor, facilitator, or moderator
○ Academic preparation in the form of a master’s degree, doctoral degree, residency/externship, or fellowship
○ Self-directed learning, including self-study of distance learning modules and evaluation of a technical paper/professional journal article
○ Authorship of research/innovative programs/creative project, book/monograph; serving as an editor or author of articles or of a professional journal; and serving as a peer reviewer
○ Inventions
○ Post-graduate training
○ Observation/Study tour
○ Professorial chair
○ Other activities approved by the Professional Regulatory Commission

Question 8

5 CPE Program Providers

Answer 8

○ Universities
○ Professional associations
○ Practice organizations or firms, groups,
○ Private companies offering CPE as a primary product
○ Government agencies

Question 9

the practice of CPE should ideally be anchored on “the theories and principles of planned change, ________and development, program and curricular design, applied research, consultation, and of course, the methods and materials of education” (Fox, n.d)

Answer 9

adult learning

Question 10

CPE is a form of_______ learning

Answer 10

lifelong

Question 11

Anderson, the kind of CPE needed is one based on a___________—i.e. CPE where practicing professionals interact with each other and with the teacher and build a learning community

Answer 11

community of inquiry framework