CPD effectiveness may be fundamentally misunderstood when conceptualized as primarily an educational intervention rather than an organizational change intervention¶

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Subclaims¶

q1 i? CPD might be more accurately understood as an organizational change intervention that happens to use education as its mechanism. → Ali Salwa 2025

Evidence¶

Ali Salwa 2025¶

Ali Salwa, Sethi Ahsan, Soltani Abderrezzaq, Nazar Zachariah. (2025). Impact of continuing professional development (CPD) on patient outcomes: a systematic scoping review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07883-4

q1 · i? · review · r2

Authors' interpretation in the discussion section of the scoping review. The authors propose that "it might be more accurately understood as an organizational change intervention that happens to use education as its mechanism", based on the critical role of contextual and organizational factors.

"Rather than viewing CPD as a discrete learning event, these findings suggest it might be more accurately understood as an organizational change intervention that happens to use education as its mechanism."

Discussion¶

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