Continuing Professional Development Continued from Page 20 Based on these observation and questions we recommend: • establishing mandatory CPD for all Canadian chiropractors in practice • promoting the approval of multiple learning formats to accommodate individual learning styles and barriers to traditional CPD attendance • advancing lifelong, self-directed learning by encouraging reflection and commitment to change • providing national oversight by a federation such as the CFCREA. One of the goals of the CFCREAB is to provide leadership on issues such as licensure, accreditation, examination, continuing competence, inter-jurisdic- tional mobility, scope of practice, standards of practice, codes of ethics and speciality designation.6 Perhaps this federation could assist the provin- cial colleges in achieving consistency in CPD requirements and program criteria. As with other health- care professionals, there is a need for chiroprac- tors to maintain and improve their clinical competencies in order to deliver the highest standards of care to patients. As with other health-care profes- sionals, there is a need for chiropractors to maintain and improve their clinical competencies in order to deliver the highest standards of care to patients.7 To this key learning point we would add the concepts of mandatory CPD, adoption of multiple learning formats, more linking of CPD to patient care, national oversight, and individual responsibility.• References: 1. Fox RD, Bennett NL. Learning and change: implications for continuing medical education. BMJ 1998; 316 (7129):466-468. 2. Slotnick HB. How doctors learn: education and learning across the medical-school-to-practice trajectory. Acad Med 2001; 76(10):1013-1026. 3. Official Directory of the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards. Accessed at: http://www.fclb.org/ directory/index.htm; accessed 31/10/ 2007 (2/11/07) 4. College of Chiropractors of Ontario. Standards of Practice. Professional Portfolio. Accessed at: http://www. cco.on.ca/standard_of_practice_s001. htm (2/11/07) 5. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Framework of Continuing Professional Development Activities. Accessed at: http://rcpsc. medical.org/opd/mocprogram/2006- framework_e.pdf (2/11/2007) 6. Canadian Federation of Chiro- practic Regulatory and Educational Accrediting Boards (CFCREAB). Accessed at: http://www.cfcrb.org/ (2/11/07) 7. Bolton JE. Chiropractors’ attitudes to, and perceptions of, the impact of continuing professional education on clinical practice. Med Educ 2002; 36(4):317-324. WORLD FEDERATION OF CHIROPRACTIC Doctors of chiropractic are the spinal health experts,and the World Federation and its 88 member national associations are strong supporters of this inspired and practical program for spinal health Are you doing the 3 minute Straighten Up program daily? Are you promoting it with your patients and community? Begun in the USA by Dr Ron Kirk and colleagues, the program is now available in many cultures and languages, and has been adopted by the Bone and Joint Decade. Visit these links to find out more: http://www.chirotoolbox.straightenupamerica.org/ http://www.straightenupamerica.org/ www.chiropractic-uk.co.uk www.straightenupaustralia.com.au 28 • CANADIAN CHIROPRACTOR | DECEMBER 2007 www.canadianchiropractor.ca
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