Table 1 Types of professional development activities compiled from research [3] and physiotherapy registration board documents [2, 4, 28]
Formal learning activities: | |
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Participant | Attending accredited courses, conferences, seminars, forums, distance learning, further education Completing tertiary courses which lead to a degree or higher degree In-service educational programsa Online learning (interactive discussion and chat rooms) Videoconferencing Peer reviewb Work-based learning contracts |
Teaching | Making presentations Planning or running a course Writing articles |
Research | Undertaking research presenting research Courses leading to research degree Writing papers |
Informal learning activities: | |
Workplace learning | Learning by doing, learning from experience, in-service educationa, case studies, reflecting on experience, audit of others, discussions with colleagues, peer reviewb, journal clubs, committee membership, shadowing, secondments, clinical supervision, job rotation, journal club, project work, coaching, benchmarking, role expansion, self-assessment questionnaire completion, significant analysis of events, quality assurance activities, being promoted |
Professional activities | Professional body involvement, membership of special interest group, mentoring, lecturinga, tutoringa, examining, branch meetings, organising journal clubs, maintaining or developing specialist skills, being an expert witness, giving presentationsa, organising coursesa, supervising research, being national assessor, committee participation, information sharing at meetings |
Self-directed | Reading journals or articles, reviewing books or articles, updating knowledge through internet research or TV, keeping a file of progress. |