This effort on the part of Gap represents a proactive approach to fostering professional development among uneducated women, who have historically represented a fringe group in the apparel industry (cf., Hart & Sharma, 2004).
Actions to boost the status of preventive health could also be considered, for example by blending preventive work with research activities, or other methods of fostering professional development and peer standing.
The NTA was established in 1995 to foster the professional development of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting fellows, and other nontenured, nonpermanent scientists training at NIEHS.
While regulation is the first step in ensuring the quality and safety of CAM practices, experience from Hong Kong shows that policy and public investment for fostering continual professional development is necessary for building a sustainable CAM workforce.
This can have its pros and cons but the weakness lies in the lack of formalised effort to foster on-going professional development including perspectives toward possible futures.
The International Society of Nursing in Genetics (ISONG) fosters scientific and professional development in the discovery, interpretation, and application of genomic information in nursing research, education, and clinical practice.
At EMD Serono, says Kirschbaum, "We strive to create an environment that fosters growth and professional development and a place where intellectually curious people can thrive and grow in new experiences".
She is also the co-leader for the NY/NJ chapter of the Women's Network at GE, which fosters women's professional development, and is an active volunteer with Dress for Success; serving as the President of Y.E.S.!, Young Executives for Success.
Opinions obtained through qualitative inquiry from different perspectives may foster inter-professional development of the potential model.
